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九牛一毛
jiǔ​niú​yī​máo

a drop in the ocean

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
九牛一毛 jiǔ​niú​yī​máo
a drop in the ocean
lit. one hair from nine oxen; used to describe a tiny part of a huge quantity that has no significant effect on the whole

Frequency

Written text
0.292 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 太仓一粟 tài​cāng​yī​sù

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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