Play Music To Buffaloes

[YunXiang]

Dui Niu Dan Qin - Play Music to Buffaloes
對牛彈琴
对牛弹琴
Cantonese: thiew ngow than kam
Cantonese (Yale): deui3 ngau4 daan6 kam4
Mandarin (Pinyin): dui4 niu2 tan2 qin2

Please note that the first and second set of characters are the traditional and simplified characters respectively.

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[YunXiang]

Dui Niu Gu Huang - Play Music to Buffaloes
對牛鼓簧
对牛鼓簧
Cantonese: thiew ngow ku wong
Cantonese (Yale): deui3 ngau4 gu2 wong4
Mandarin (Pinyin): dui4 niu2 gu3 huang2

Please note that the first and second set of characters are the traditional and simplified characters respectively.

Here's an attached picture for those who cannot see Chinese characters in their web browsers.

[YunXiang]

These terms can be found on Sifu's Q&A February 2003 (part 1) webpage under Q&A no. 5. Here's the link:

http://shaolin.org/answers/ans03a/feb03-1.html

Please note that Sifu does not provide the romanisation for this term. These are merely a couple of possibilities for this saying in Chinese.

[Antonius]

I always heard it as tan2, but the dictionary also lists dan4, so I guess both are correct.

[Zhang Wuji]

it is DEFINITELY tan2, not dan4 in this case. Dan4 means an object, tan2 is used as a verb.

[YunXiang]

Thanks, guys.

Cheers,
Mike.

[Adam Kryder]

牛（水牛？）能不能感到弹琴？

Do the buffaloes feel it?
Do buffaloes groove?
Im from buffalo I can groove.

laughs

Adam Kryder