dà hǎi lāo zhēn

Traditional: 大海撈針

大海捞针 (dà hǎi lāo zhēn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to fish a needle from the sea
  2. 2to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)

Characters in 大海捞针

大dà · big; large; great海hǎi · ocean捞lāo · to fish up针zhēn · needle

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]大家everyone大概roughly大学university大学the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大人adult伟大huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)意大利Italy长大to grow up海ocean海surname Hai

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