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Meaning of 猫に小判(ねこにこばん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 猫に小判

Kana Reading ねこにこばん

Romaji nekonikoban

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Meaning

(to cast) pearls before swine; really big waste of resources

Example sentence

君のせっかくの名講義は猫に小判だったね。 Your wonderful lecture was pearls before swine.

Examples of 猫に小判, ねこにこばん in a sentence

君のせっかくの名講義は猫に小判だったね。

Your wonderful lecture was pearls before swine.

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Kanji in this word

猫 JLPT 3

11 strokes

cat

On'Yomi: ビョウ

Kun'Yomi: ねこ

判 JLPT 3

7 strokes

judgement, signature, stamp, seal

On'Yomi: ハン, バン

Kun'Yomi: わか.る

小 JLPT 5

3 strokes

little, small

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: ちい.さい, こ-, お-, さ-

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