Chinese Word: 大海捞针 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

lit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)

1		zài 在 zhè 这 zuò 座 dà chéng shì 大城市 lǐ 里 xún zhǎo 寻找 yí gè rén 一个人 yóu rú 犹如 dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针。 Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
2		yǒu shí hou 有时候 zài 在 hù lián wǎng 互联网 shàng 上 zhǎo 找 dōng xi 东西 jiù 就 hé 和 dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针 yí yàng 一样 nán 难。 Sometimes trying to find something on the worldwide web is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
3		tū biàn 突变 jī yīn 基因 de 的 shù mù 数目 wēi hū qí wēi 微乎其微， xún zhǎo 寻找 qi lai 起来 bǐ 比 “ dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针 ” hái 还 nán 难。 ” And finding this tiny number of mutations was more difficult than finding an ant's egg in an emperor's rice store.
4		zhè 这 biàn yú 便于 wǒ men 我们 fā xiàn 发现 xīn de 新的 biàn yì 变异， ér 而 zhè xiē 这些 jiù 就 hǎo xiàng 好像 shì 是 dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针 yì bān 一般。 This has allowed us to find these new mutations, which are like very small needles in a very large haystack.
5		dà wèi 大卫 nán dào 难道 bù zhī dào 不知道 yào 要 zhǎo 找 zhè me 这么 gè 个 dú tè 独特 de 的 gǔ dǒng 古董 jiǎn zhí 简直 jiù shì 就是 dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针 ma 吗？ Didn't he know that it was next to impossible to find that particular antique?

1		zài 在 zhè 这 zuò 座 dà chéng shì 大城市 lǐ 里 xún zhǎo 寻找 yí gè rén 一个人 yóu rú 犹如 dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针。 Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
2		yǒu shí hou 有时候 zài 在 hù lián wǎng 互联网 shàng 上 zhǎo 找 dōng xi 东西 jiù 就 hé 和 dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针 yí yàng 一样 nán 难。 Sometimes trying to find something on the worldwide web is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
3		tū biàn 突变 jī yīn 基因 de 的 shù mù 数目 wēi hū qí wēi 微乎其微， xún zhǎo 寻找 qi lai 起来 bǐ 比 “ dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针 ” hái 还 nán 难。 ” And finding this tiny number of mutations was more difficult than finding an ant's egg in an emperor's rice store.
4		zhè 这 biàn yú 便于 wǒ men 我们 fā xiàn 发现 xīn de 新的 biàn yì 变异， ér 而 zhè xiē 这些 jiù 就 hǎo xiàng 好像 shì 是 dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针 yì bān 一般。 This has allowed us to find these new mutations, which are like very small needles in a very large haystack.
5		dà wèi 大卫 nán dào 难道 bù zhī dào 不知道 yào 要 zhǎo 找 zhè me 这么 gè 个 dú tè 独特 de 的 gǔ dǒng 古董 jiǎn zhí 简直 jiù shì 就是 dà hǎi lāo zhēn 大海捞针 ma 吗？ Didn't he know that it was next to impossible to find that particular antique?