It's like a drop in the bucket
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú Qi ū é RZH ǐ, which means to stop in case of difficulties and not make progress. It's from Xunzi · youzuo.
The origin of Idioms
"Xunzi · youzuo" says, "if you advance like a Cuan, I will go with it; if you stop like a Qiu, I will go."
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive
Analysis of Idioms
Not striving for progress, but retreating in the face of difficulties
It's like a drop in the bucket
there are both advantages and disadvantages - yǒu lì yǒu bì
search for the origin and the outcome of the development of things - yuán shǐ fǎn zhōng