Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「東海撈針」, explained here.
Here’s the idiom 「東海撈針」, with its definition and practical application described below.
To fish a needle out from the bottom of the sea is to describe a goal that is extremely difficult to achieve.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dōng hǎi lāo zhēn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dung1 hoi2 lou1/laau4 jam1
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
