Chinese–English
杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn · bei shui che xin
Traditional 杯水車薪
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
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