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Calculating sand in the sea

Time: 2022-01-31 04:48:57 Author: ChinaWiki.net

Calculating sand in the sea

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ù h ǎ ISU à NSH ā, which means counting sand on the bottom of the sea. It comes from the inscription on the stone pagoda of guru Fuliang of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou by Song Lian of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Song Lian of the Ming Dynasty wrote the inscription on the stone pagoda of gufuliang master in Lingyin Temple of Hangzhou: "teaching should be solid, if you indulge in it, if you do not return, you will be trapped in your ears."

Idiom usage

It is often used in figurative sentences

Calculating sand in the sea


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