明珠暗投 míngzhū'àntóu misplaced Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 明珠暗投 míngzhū'àntóu misplaced to cast pearls before swine; to give a valuable object or person to an unworthy recipient who cannot appreciate its worth undervalued to not receive proper recognition for one's talents; a gifted person being wasted in an unsuitable or lowly position Frequency Written text 0.034 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
明珠暗投 míngzhū'àntóu misplaced to cast pearls before swine; to give a valuable object or person to an unworthy recipient who cannot appreciate its worth undervalued to not receive proper recognition for one's talents; a gifted person being wasted in an unsuitable or lowly position Frequency Written text 0.034 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
