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Expression Profile · bei-shui-che-xin
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杯水车薪

bēi shuǐ chē xīn
📊 Corpus Indexed: 3 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom

[Authentic Cinema Evidence Base]

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可还是杯水车薪远远不够
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可还是 杯水车薪 远远不够

(又四处奔走举债) ── Previous context

“Yet it was still far from enough.”

《莫离》 · 34:09
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不过也是杯水车薪
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不过也是 杯水车薪

(我们现在只剩下林老板 为我们筹得的部分口粮) ── Previous context

“Far from enough, though.”

《白日提灯​》 · 10:00
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光靠我们自己的力量 只能是杯水车薪
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光靠我们自己的力量 只能是 杯水车薪

(好主意) ── Previous context

“Relying solely on our own strength is just a drop in the ocean.”

《生命树》 · 09:54
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