杯水車薪 — bei1 shui3 che1 xin1 — Chinese Dictionary

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杯

水

車

薪

杯

水

車

薪

Definitions4 characters

bei¹ shui³ che¹ xin¹

lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure

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Pronunciations

杯

水

車

薪

As word

1

bei¹

lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure

2

shui³

lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure

3

che¹

lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure

4

xin¹

lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure