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杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
What 杯水车薪 means
- lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
The characters in 杯水车薪
- 杯bēicup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
- 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
- 车chēcar; vehicle; machine
- 薪xīn(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
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