乌龟吃大麦,糟踏粮食 烏龜吃大麥,糟踏糧食 烏龜吃大麥,糟踏糧食

a tortoise eating barley: wasting grain

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Describes wasting something valuable on one who can't use it properly.
Simplified
乌龟吃大麦,糟踏粮食
Traditional (Taiwan)
烏龜吃大麥,糟踏糧食
Pinyin
wūguī chī dàmài, zāotà liángshi
Bopomofo
ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄔ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄞˋ,ㄗㄠ ㄊㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄕ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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