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鲜花插在牛粪上

xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng

7-character word Traditional 鮮花插在牛糞上

What 鲜花插在牛粪上 means

1. lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
2. fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)

The characters in 鲜花插在牛粪上

• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 牛niúox; cow; bull
• 粪fènmanure; dung
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 别把鲜花插在牛粪上。
  Bié bǎ xiānhuāchāzàiniúfènshàng.
  Don't cast pearls before swine.