沙里淘金 — “To pan for gold in sand”
沙里淘金 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to extract what is valuable or essential from a large amount of less valuable material; to find something rare and precious among many ordinary things, often requiring great effort and patience; it can also describe undertaking a task that yields little return for a lot of hard work”. Literally, “to pan for gold in sand”.
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What does 沙里淘金 mean?
沙里淘金 (shā lǐ táo jīn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to extract what is valuable or essential from a large amount of less valuable material; to find something rare and precious among many ordinary things, often requiring great effort and patience; it can also describe undertaking a task that yields little return for a lot of hard work”.
How do you pronounce 沙里淘金?
沙里淘金 is pronounced shā lǐ táo jīn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 沙里淘金 literally mean?
Literally, 沙里淘金 means “to pan for gold in sand”. It is used to mean “to extract what is valuable or essential from a large amount of less valuable material; to find something rare and precious among many ordinary things, often requiring great effort and patience; it can also describe undertaking a task that yields little return for a lot of hard work”.
What is the Chinese definition of 沙里淘金?
淘：用水冲洗，滤除杂质。从沙里淘出黄金。比喻好东西不易得。也比喻做事费力大而收效少。也比喻从大量的材料里选择精华。