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杯水车薪

bēi shuǐ chē xīn

Definitions

  • •lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure

Child Words of 杯水车薪

车
jū
薪
xīn
车
chē
水
shuǐ
杯
bēi