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大海捞针

dà hǎi lāo zhēn

4-character word Traditional 大海撈針

What 大海捞针 means

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

The characters in 大海捞针

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 捞lāoto fish up; to dredge up
• 针zhēnneedle; pin; injection

Example sentences

• 这好比大海捞针。
  Zhè hǎobǐ dàhǎilāozhēn.
  It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.