石沉大海 — Chinese idiom
石沉大海
shí chén dà hǎi
Meaning
- lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea
- fig. to elicit no response
Character by character
- 石shístone, rock, mineral
- 沉chénto sink, to submerge; profound, deep
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
Idioms sharing a character
- 一石二鸟 yī shí èr niǎo
- 以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí
- 坚如磐石 jiān rú pán shí
- 安如磐石 ān rú pán shí
- 投石问路 tóu shí wèn lù
- 木人石心 mù rén shí xīn
- 枕石漱流 zhěn shí shù liú
- 水滴石穿 shuǐ dī shí chuān
- 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū
- 泉石膏肓 quán shí gāo huāng
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