Word Meaning 犬に論語

いぬにろんご inu ni rongo

犬に論語 is read as いぬにろんご (inu ni rongo) and means wasting one's breath (trying to explain something).

Meaning

English

wasting one's breath (trying to explain something)
(reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog

Reading

Kana

いぬにろんご

Romaji

inu ni rongo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb ✓ Rank 123946 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

論語

ろんご

the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

論理型言語

ろんりがたげんご

logic programming language

名犬ロンドン物語

めいけんろんどんものがたり

The Littlest Hobo (1958 film, 1963-1965 and 1979-1985 TV series)

変形生成統語論

へんけいせいせいとうごろん

transformational generative syntax

統語論

とうごろん

syntax

言語学的実在論

げんごがくてきじつざいろん

linguistic realism

言語論的転回

げんごろんてきてんかい

linguistic turn

言語学的観念論

げんごがくてきかんねんろん

linguistic conceptualism

述語論理

じゅつごろんり

predicate logic

落語

らくご

rakugo

単語

たんご

word

共通語

きょうつうご

standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)