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大海捞针

dà hǎi lāo zhēn
📊 Corpus Indexed: 8 clips
💡 Meaning:

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

Spoken Idiom
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拿个探测仪 去大海捞针 才叫对得起队长
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拿个探测仪 去 大海捞针 才叫对得起队长

(但并不是每个人 都要像你那样) ── Previous context

“going on a wild goose chase with a detector just to do right by the Captain.”

《生命树》 · 34:16
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这大海捞针的活给我做
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这 大海捞针 的活给我做

(不过莫说是你) ── Previous context

“if I were the one doing this impossible search through the masses,”

《佳偶天成》 · 39:32
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这大海捞针的活给我做
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这 大海捞针 的活给我做

(不过莫说是你) ── Previous context

“if I were given this task of finding a needle in a haystack,”

《佳偶天成》 · 01:51
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