Beat the bull to the drum

Beat the bull to the drum

Duniu guhuang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Du ì Ni ú g ǔ Hu á ng, which means to reason with people who don't understand things. It often means to be futile or to satirize each other's stupidity. It comes from Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun.

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, attribute; used to satirize

Analysis of Idioms

Play the piano to the ox

The origin of Idioms

In Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun, "it's not clear, so it ends in a clear ignorance." Jin Guoxiang's note: "it's just like listening to a bull's ear, but it's not clear, so it's not clear at last."

Idiom explanation

It refers to reasoning or saying things to people who don't understand things. It often contains the meaning of futility or satirizing the other party's stupidity. It is the same as "casting pearls before swine".