What do you mean when a chicken talks to a duck?

"Chicken tells duck" is a Chinese word, which comes from Cantonese. Literally, chickens and ducks speak, and the language is unreasonable. It's a neutral word, which describes that two people don't speak the same language and can't communicate.

There is a saying in Cantonese that "chickens talk to ducks, but their eyes are dull." There is a lyric in Guangdong's famous TV short film "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang", which is "A chicken tells a duck, but its eyes are dull".

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First, synonyms idioms

to cast pearls before swine

Pronunciation is duì niú tán qín, which means wasting your breath and energy on people who don't understand. It means to look down on each other. Now it is also used to laugh at people who don't look at them. From Han Morong's "Theory of Reason and Confusion": "Gongming righteousness is the exercise of cattle's clear horns, which is like a piece of food. No cow can't smell it. "

Step 2: Antisense Idioms

Like-minded, is like-minded, the same way. Describe each other's ideals and interests. Similar to the principle of "the door is right".

Use: combination; As a predicate or attribute.

Example of Idiom: Although I feel like-minded at first, the beauty of children becomes crazy and cold. -Du Fu of Wen Yiduo