大海捞针 — “To fish for a needle in the ocean”
大海捞针 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to search for something that is extremely difficult or almost impossible to find due to its small size or the vastness of the search area; an almost impossible task”. Literally, “to fish for a needle in the ocean”.
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大海捞针 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 大dà
- 海hǎi
- 捞lāo
- 针zhēn
大海捞针 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 大海捞针
在这个巨大的图书馆里找到一本没有任何标签的旧书，简直就是大海捞针。
Finding an old book with no label in this enormous library is like searching for a needle in a haystack.
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Antonyms of 大海捞针
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- dà大yì义miè灭qīn亲uphold justice over family loyalty
- dà大shū书tè特shū书write about with great emphasis
- dà大shì事bù不hú糊tú涂clear-headed in important affairs
- dà大shì事huà化xiǎo小reduce a major problem to a minor one
- dà大shì事huà化xiǎo小，，xiǎo小shì事huà化wú无reduce big problems to nothing
- dà大shì事qù去yǐ矣Major matters are beyond recovery
- dà大shì事wán完bì毕major tasks completed
- dà大shì事yǐ已rán然The major event is already done
- dà大shì事pū铺zhāng张make an extravagant display for big events
Questions about 大海捞针
- What does 大海捞针 mean?
- 大海捞针 (dà hǎi lāo zhēn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to search for something that is extremely difficult or almost impossible to find due to its small size or the vastness of the search area; an almost impossible task”.
- How do you pronounce 大海捞针?
- 大海捞针 is pronounced dà hǎi lāo zhēn in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 大海捞针 literally mean?
- Literally, 大海捞针 means “to fish for a needle in the ocean”. It is used to mean “to search for something that is extremely difficult or almost impossible to find due to its small size or the vastness of the search area; an almost impossible task”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 大海捞针?
- 在大海里捞一根针。比喻极难找到。