石沉大海

shí chén dà hǎi

Raro

Definições

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

Palavras componentes de 石沉大海

• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 大海 大海 dà hǎi: sea
• 沉 沉 chén: to submerge
• 海 海 hǎi: ocean
• 石 石 dàn: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters
• 石 石 shí: rock