da4
hai3
lao1
zhen1
  1. lit. to fish a needle from the sea
  2. to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)

Characters

  • 大 (大): big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
  • 海 (海): surname Hai
  • 捞 (撈): to fish up; to dredge up
  • 针 (針): needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

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Examples

这好比大海捞针。

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