滄海一粟cāng hǎi yī sùa drop (/droplet) in the bucket (/vast ocean); a grain afloat on the vast ocean; a speck in a vast ocean; a mite on an elephant;not amount to a row (/hill) of beans
? 現(xiàn)在國民黨統(tǒng)治地區(qū)有的一些，～，而且方法不合民眾口味，神氣和民眾隔膜，必須切實地改一改。(《毛澤東選集》449) What has been done so far in the Kuomintang areas is only a drop in the ocean,and moreover it has been done in a manner ill-suited to the people's tastes and in a spirit uncongenial to them; this must be drastically changed. 滄海一粟cānɡ hǎi yī sù大海中的一粒谷子。比喻非常渺小。a drop in the bucket, a drop in the ocean, a grain afloat on the vast ocean |