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杯水車薪 (杯水车薪)

bēi shuǐ chē xīn

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

杯
=
木
+
不
水
=
亅
+
？
車
=
？
+
日
薪
=
艹
+
新

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