精卫填海
Traditional form:
精衛填海
Pinyin (reading):
Jīngwèitiánhǎi
Definitions:
- lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition
- task of Sisyphus
- determination in the face of impossible odds
Characters:
- 精 - essence, germ, spirit
- 卫 - to guard, to protect, to defend
- 填 - to fill, to pad, to stuff
- 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
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