1N-COUNT 珍珠 A pearl is a hard round object which is shiny and creamy white in colour. Pearls grow inside the shell of an oyster and are used for making expensive jewellery. 珍珠
3ADJ [usually ADJ n]珍珠般的Pearl is used to describe something which looks like a pearl. 珍珠般的
...tiny pearl buttons.
珍珠般的小纽扣
4PHRASE [VERB inflects]明珠暗投;对牛弹琴 If you say that someone is casting pearls before swine, you mean that they are wasting their time by offering something that is helpful or valuable to someone who does not appreciate or understand it. 明珠暗投;对牛弹琴
You do not value what should be valued, I see I was casting pearls before swine.
你不重视应该重视的东西,我觉得我是在对牛弹琴。
5PHRASE [NOUN inflects]精辟见解,睿智言论,妙语如珠(常指开玩笑的话) People describe what someone says as pearls of wisdom to suggest that it is wise or helpful, often when they are joking. 精辟见解,睿智言论,妙语如珠(常指开玩笑的话)
And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?.
那番精辟见解到底是什么意思呢?
Her advice includes perfectly true but rather fulsome pearls of wisdom.