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しゃかにせっぽう
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir;
(lit.)
lecturing to the Buddha
Alt. forms
釈
しゃ
迦
か
に
説
せっ
法
ぽう
しゃかにせっぽう
Composed of
しゃか
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
せっぽう
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising