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杯水車薪

杯水車薪

See also: 杯水车薪

Chinese

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|- ! !cup; a measure word !water; river

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vehicle on land; car; a vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe

!fuel; salary |- !trad. (杯水車薪) | | | | |- !simp. (杯水车薪) | | | | |}

Idiom

杯水車薪

  1. too inadequate and useless; to no avail