犬に論語 いぬにろんご Meanings Expression wasting one's breath (trying to explain something) (literally: (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog) Kanji 犬 dog. Read as いぬ. 論 argument. Read as ロン. 語 language. Read as ゴ. Word lists Idioms Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists