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]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 大海捞针
- MDBG: 大海捞针
- Examples with 大海捞针 on Tatoeba
Examples
这好比大海捞针。