太倉一粟
tài​cāng​yī​sù

a drop in the ocean

  • created reference approved 太仓一粟/太倉一粟 → 九牛一毛 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太仓一粟 / 太倉一粟 tài​cāng​yī​sù

    九牛一毛 jiǔ​niú​yī​máo

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 太仓一粟/太倉一粟 · tài​cāng​yī​sù · a drop in the ocean — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    太仓一粟 / 太倉一粟

    tài​cāng​yī​sù

    a drop in the ocean

    literally 'a single grain in a vast granary'; describes something extremely small or insignificant compared to the whole

    tài​cāng​yí​sù

    太仓 (literal) → 太仓/太倉 · tài​cāng · imperial granary 一粟 (literal) → 一粟 · yī​sù · a grain

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

    created sense