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    3. 猫に小判

    猫に小判

    猫ねこに​小こ判ばん

    casting pearls before swine

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    ネコに小判

    ねこにこばんネコにこばん

    Expressions

    1.
    casting pearls before swine, (giving) a gold coin to a cat
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    猫
    ねこ…(1)
    cat
    Kanji
    小
    ちい.さい・こ-・お-・さ-…(6)
    little・small
    Kanji
    判
    わか.る…(2)
    judgement・judgment・signature・stamp・seal
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
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