汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 鼎鐺玉石
鼎鐺玉石 (鼎铛玉石)
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
See the tripod as a clang, and jade as a stone / Describe the extreme luxury of life
谓视鼎如铛，视玉如石。形容奢侈。
鼎 dǐng 铛 (鐺) dāng/chēng 玉 yù 石 shí/dàn
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