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What does a drop in the ocean mean? What is the meaning of "a drop in the ocean"?
A drop in the ocean This article is categorized as follows: abcd style words Date:2013/8/23

Pinyin: cāng?hǎi?yī?sù

Explanation: corn: grain, i.e. millet. A grain of grain in the sea. The metaphor is very small and insignificant.

Derived from: Song Su Shi, "The Former Red Cliff Fugue": "Sending a mayfly to heaven and earth is as small as a grain of millet in the sea."

Example: Qian Xuesen's "Speech at the Award Ceremony": "I myself am only ~, very small. What is really great is the Chinese people, is China ***, is the Chinese people *** and country!"

Grammar: partial formal; as predicate, object; referring to something insignificant

Testimonials: neutral word

English: a?drop?in?the?ocean; a?speck?in?a?vast?ocean;

Idioms by Idioms

Definition of the word "corn". " cannot be written as "chestnut".

Correct pronunciation: the character "粟" cannot be pronounced as "lì".

近义词

太仓一粟 九牛一毛 无足轻重 不足挂齿 九牛一毫微乎其微 一钱不不值 半文不值

微不足道 沧海微尘 何足挂齿 不过尔尔 You can also learn idioms that mean something is slight and not worth mentioning

Canghai Yisu's antonyms

多如牛毛 大 无朋 車車斗量 Ganges 沙数 盈千累万 变本加厉 活足轻重 活足轻重 Pang Behemoth

上海大观 擢发难数 铺天盖地 You can also learn idioms that describe a large number of things

Canghai Yisu作句

Anything we have done is just a drop in the ocean compared with the great cause of the revolution.

This little donation, though a drop in the ocean to him, is very important to us.

My philosophical knowledge is a drop in the ocean compared to that of Mr. Kapoor.

I am a drop in the ocean when I walk in a crowd.

A language paper is a drop in the ocean compared to the knowledge and ability of a student acquired over a decade in their mother tongue.

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A drop in the ocean