杯水輿薪
bēi​shuǐ​yú​xīn

utterly inadequate

  • created sense approved 杯水舆薪/杯水輿薪 · bēi​shuǐ​yú​xīn · utterly inadequate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杯水舆薪 / 杯水輿薪

    bēi​shuǐ​yú​xīn

    utterly inadequate

    (variant form) a cup of water to put out a burning cartload of wood; an utterly inadequate attempt to solve a large problem

    杯 (literal) → 杯 · bēi · cup 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 舆薪 (literal) → 舆薪/輿薪 · yú​xīn · cartload of firewood

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

    created sense