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muối bỏ biển

a drop in the bucket
Phrase
a drop in the bucket

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Phrase
a drop in the bucket

An amount or action that is so small and insignificant that it has very little effect on a much larger situation.

vi Số tiền quyên góp này chỉ như muối bỏ biển so với nhu cầu thực tế.

en This donation is just a drop in the bucket compared to the actual need.

Parts
biển / 𪉥悑扁
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𪉥悑扁
Candidates by syllable
muối 𪉥(𪉴) bỏ 悑(𠬃 / 𠬕 / 𠬖) biển 扁(𣷷 / 𤅶)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
drop in the ocean
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Use
bãi biển / eo biển / tàu biển / xanh nước biển
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