寸絲半粟
cùn​sī​bàn​sù

a little bit

  • created sense approved 寸丝半粟/寸絲半粟 · cùn​sī​bàn​sù · a little bit — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寸丝半粟 / 寸絲半粟

    cùn​sī​bàn​sù

    a little bit

    (idiom) a tiny amount; literally one inch of silk or half a grain of rice

    寸 (literal) → 寸 · cùn · very little 丝 (literal) → 丝/絲 · sī · trace 半 (literal) → 半 · bàn · very little 粟 (literal) → 粟 · sù · grain

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

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