- lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
Characters
- 杯 (杯): cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
- 水 (水): surname Shui
- 车 (車): surname Che
- 薪 (薪): firewood; fuel; salary
Resources
- Wiktionary: 杯水车薪
- MDBG: 杯水车薪
- Examples with 杯水车薪 on Tatoeba
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