鼎铛玉石

dǐngchēngyùshí

lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material; casting pearls before swine

Traditional 鼎鐺玉石

Meaning

dǐngchēngyùshíding3 cheng1 yu4 shi2
  1. lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
  2. casting pearls before swine

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