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鼎铛玉石
dǐng​chēng​yù​shí

to waste precious things

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鼎铛玉石 鼎鐺玉石 dǐng​chēng​yù​shí
to waste precious things
To use a sacred tripod as a cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone; to waste precious materials or cast pearls before swine.

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