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精卫填海
Jīng wèi tián hǎi
What 精卫填海 means
- lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition
- task of Sisyphus
- determination in the face of impossible odds
The characters in 精卫填海
- 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
- 卫wèito guard; to protect; to defend
- 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
- 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
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