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釈迦しゃかに説法せっぽう

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English · JMdict

teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; lecturing to the Buddha

Kanji

釈シャク explanation 迦カ (used phonetically) 説セツ opinion, theory, explanation 法ホウ method, law, rule

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釈迦しゃかに説法せっぽう。

Don't teach fish to swim.

Tatoeba

それは釈迦しゃかに説法せっぽうというもの。

That's like carrying coals to Newcastle.

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