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沧海一粟

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4-character word Traditional 滄海一粟

What 沧海一粟 means

1. (lit.) one grain floating on the ocean (idiom)
2. (fig.) a drop in the ocean

The characters in 沧海一粟

• 沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain