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滄海一粟 (cong1 hoi2 jat1 suk1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

滄海一粟 (cong1 hoi2 jat1 suk1, cāng hǎi yī sù) — (lit.) one grain floating on the ocean (idiom); (fig.) a drop in the ocean

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 滄海橫流 (cong1 hoi2 waang4 lau4) — to describe political; chaos in society; stormy; turbulence in the sea
• 滄海 (cong1 hoi2) — the vast ocean
• 滄桑 (cong1 song1) — (adjective) Vicissitudes of someone's life
• 滄 (cong1) — (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 滄州 (cong1 zau1) — see 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4]
• 滄州市 (cong1 zau1 si5) — Cangzhou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]

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