粵

牛ngau4噍ziu6牡maau5丹daan1

ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1niú jiào mǔ dan

English

  1. good food wasted by one who does not appreciate (spoken)
  2. literally: cow eating peony. A sandwich pun which the later part is "doesn't know it is a flower or grass" or "doesn't know the taste"; means someone to be undiscriminating, to lack a refined sensibility; to cast pearls before swine

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歇後語:「唔知花定草」或「唔知味道」;牡丹係觀賞植物,牛當草咁食係一種浪費,指人唔識貨,唔識欣賞靚嘢,白白浪費

Examples

  • 飲紅酒梗係慢慢嘆㗎啦,點會大杯大杯咁樣隊㗎?真係牛𡁻牡丹。

    When tasting red wine, sip it slowly to savor the taste, not gulp it down quickly. It's such a waste of good wine!

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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