大海捞针 dàhǎilāozhēn needle in a haystack Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 大海捞针 大海撈針 dàhǎilāozhēn needle in a haystack adjective (idiom) like fishing a needle from the sea; a difficult or impossible task where the chances of success are extremely small 在这座城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。 zài zhè zuò chéngshì li xúnzhǎo yígerén yóurú dàhǎilāozhēn. Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.43 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.399 per million Cross-References Variant of 海底捞针 hǎidǐlāozhēn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
大海捞针 大海撈針 dàhǎilāozhēn needle in a haystack adjective (idiom) like fishing a needle from the sea; a difficult or impossible task where the chances of success are extremely small 在这座城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。 zài zhè zuò chéngshì li xúnzhǎo yígerén yóurú dàhǎilāozhēn. Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.43 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.399 per million Cross-References Variant of 海底捞针 hǎidǐlāozhēn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)