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石沉大海
shí chén dà hǎi
What 石沉大海 means
- lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
- fig. to elicit no response
The characters in 石沉大海
- 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
- 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
- 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
- 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
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