dredge for a needle in the sea

dredge for a needle in the sea

Looking for a needle in the East Sea, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō NGH ǎ IL ā ozh ē n, which means to take a needle from the bottom of the sea. It's from Ke Danqiu's Jing Chai Ji · wrong obituary.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Ke Danqiu's jingchai Ji · wrong obituary: "son, I don't want to meet you in this life, unless I look for a needle in a haystack."

Idiom usage

It is difficult to deal with things. How lucky you are to meet Dade. If you are lucky enough to be greedy, how can you get it. (Hu Wenhuan, Ming Dynasty)