大海捞针
dà​hǎi​lāo​zhēn

needle in a haystack

  • created reference approved 大海捞针/大海撈針 → 海底捞针/海底撈針 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大海捞针 / 大海撈針 dà​hǎi​lāo​zhēn

    海底捞针 / 海底撈針 hǎi​dǐ​lāo​zhēn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 大海捞针/大海撈針 · dà​hǎi​lāo​zhēn · needle in a haystack — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大海捞针 / 大海撈針

    dà​hǎi​lāo​zhēn

    needle in a haystack

    (idiom) like fishing a needle from the sea; a difficult or impossible task where the chances of success are extremely small

    大海 (literal) → 大海 · dà​hǎi · sea 捞 (literal) → 捞/撈 · lāo · to scoop up 针 (literal) → 针/針 · zhēn · needle

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

    created sense