Word Meaning 釈迦に説法
しゃかにせっぽう
shaka ni seppou
釈迦に説法 is read as しゃかにせっぽう (shaka ni seppou) and means teaching your grandmother to suck eggs.
Meaning
English
- teaching your grandmother to suck eggs
- teaching something to someone who knows more than you
- preaching to the choir
- lecturing to the Buddha
Reading
Kana
しゃかにせっぽう
Romaji
shaka ni seppou
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1釈迦に説法。
Don't teach fish to swim.