石沉大海

shí chén dà hǎi

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 石沉大海

大
dà

big; large; great

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]

大海
dà hǎi

sea

沉
chén

to submerge

海
hǎi

ocean

石
dàn

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

石
shí

rock