九牛一毛
jiǔ​niú​yī​máo

a drop in the ocean

  • created sense approved 九牛一毛 · jiǔ​niú​yī​máo · a drop in the ocean — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    九牛一毛

    jiǔ​niú​yī​máo

    a drop in the ocean

    lit. one hair from nine oxen; used to describe a tiny part of a huge quantity that has no significant effect on the whole

    jiǔ​niú​yì​máo

    九 (literal) → 九 · jiǔ · nine 牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 毛 (literal) → 毛 · máo · hair

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense