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杯水車薪
bui1 seoi2 ce1 san1
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utterly inadequate measure; useless attempt; a drop in the bucket [literal] trying to put out a blazing cartload of wood with a cup of water  Level: 4 Google Frequency: 315,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1713 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 12th Mar 2015 14:53 |
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Characters in this word:杯 bui1 - cup; glass水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money) 車 ce1 geoi1 - cart; vehicle; car 薪 san1 - salary; firewood |
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