石沉大海

shí chén dà hǎi

Rare

Definitions

1. lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
2. fig. to elicit no response

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Child Words of 石沉大海

big; large; great

see 大夫[dài fu]

sea

to submerge

ocean

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters

rock