沧海一粟 — Chinese idiom
沧海一粟
cāng hǎi yī sù
Traditional: 滄海一粟
Meaning
- (lit.) one grain floating on the ocean
- (fig.) a drop in the ocean
Character by character
- 沧cāngazure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 粟sùoats, millet, barley
Idioms sharing a character
- 曾经沧海 céng jīng cāng hǎi
- 沧海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián
- 沧海遗珠 cāng hǎi yí zhū
- 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi
- 侯门似海 hóu mén sì hǎi
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 名扬四海 míng yáng sì hǎi
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 四海为家 sì hǎi wéi jiā
- 四海飘零 sì hǎi piāo líng
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