大海捞针
Traditional form:
大海撈針
Pinyin (reading):
dàhǎilāozhēn
Definitions:
- lit. to fish a needle from the sea
- to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
Characters:
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
- 捞 - to dredge up; to fish for; to scoop out of the water
- 针 - needle, pin, tack; acupuncture
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