海底捞针
hǎi​dǐ​lāo​zhēn

to look for a needle in a haystack

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

    海底捞针 / 海底撈針 hǎi​dǐ​lāo​zhēn

    大海捞针 / 大海撈針 dà​hǎi​lāo​zhēn

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 海底捞针/海底撈針 · hǎi​dǐ​lāo​zhēn · to look for a needle in a haystack — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    海底捞针 / 海底撈針

    hǎi​dǐ​lāo​zhēn

    to look for a needle in a haystack

    (idiom) lit. to fish for a needle at the bottom of the sea; used to describe something that is extremely difficult to find or impossible to achieve

    海底 (literal) → 海底 · hǎi​dǐ · seabed 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