精衛填海 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 精卫填海 jīngwèitiánhǎi ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄞˇ lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) futile ambition task of Sisyphus determination in the face of impossible odds Character by character 精(jīng)essence 衛(wèi)surname Wei 填(tián)fill or stuff 海(hǎi)surname Hai A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0