沧海遗珠 — Chinese idiom
沧海遗珠
cāng hǎi yí zhū
Traditional: 滄海遺珠
Meaning
- undiscovered talent
Character by character
- 沧cāngazure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
- 遗yíto lose; a lost article
- 珠zhūgem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
Idioms sharing a character
- 曾经沧海 céng jīng cāng hǎi
- 沧海一粟 cāng hǎi yī sù
- 沧海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián
- 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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