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杯水車薪
杯水車薪
See also: 杯水车薪
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- ! !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) | 杯 | 水 | 車 | 薪 |- !simp. (杯水车薪) | 杯 | 水 | 车 | 薪 |}
Idiom
杯水車薪
- too inadequate and useless; to no avail