沧海一粟

Traditional form:

滄海一粟

Pinyin (reading):

cānghǎiyīsù

Definitions:

• lit. one grain floating on the ocean (idiom)
• fig. a drop in the ocean

Characters:

• 沧 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 粟 - oats, millet, barley

Traditional characters:

• 滄 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 粟 - oats, millet, barley