杯水车薪 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 杯水车薪

杯水车薪 (杯水車薪)

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

Idiom Use a glass of water to save a car of firewood / The metaphor is too small to solve the problem

Usage

中文释义用一杯水去救一车着了火的柴草。比喻力量太小，解决不了问题。

Characters 杯 bēi 水 shuǐ 车 (車) chē/jū 薪 xīn

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