杯水车薪

Traditional (Taiwan): 杯水車薪

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bēishuǐchēxīn ㄅㄟㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄜㄒㄧㄣ

- lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) fig. an utterly inadequate measure

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无济于事 wújìyúshì

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