Read Edit View history 杯水车薪 bēishuǐchēxīn utterly inadequate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 杯水车薪/ 杯水車薪 bēishuǐchēxīn utterly inadequate literally a cup of water to put out a burning cart of firewood; describes a tiny effort or amount that is useless against a huge problem Edit Delete References Add reference variant 杯水车薪/杯水車薪 → 杯水舆薪/杯水輿薪 Edit Delete synonym 粥少僧多/粥少僧多 → 杯水车薪/杯水車薪 Edit Delete
杯水车薪/ 杯水車薪 bēishuǐchēxīn utterly inadequate literally a cup of water to put out a burning cart of firewood; describes a tiny effort or amount that is useless against a huge problem Edit Delete