九牛一毛

jiǔniúyìmáo

a single hair out of nine ox hides—a drop in the ocean

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a drop in the sea; a drop in the bucket; a mite on an elephant

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a drop in the bucket; a mite on an elephant

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jiu3 niu2 yi1 mao2

lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom), fig. a drop in the ocean

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九牛一毛

jiǔ niú yì máo

a single hair out of nine ox hides; a drop in the bucket (ocean); a hair from nine cows -- the least particle; a hair off a bull's back:

这对他们来说, 不过九牛一毛。 It's only a hair off a bull's back to them.

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九牛一毛|九牛一毛 [jiǔ niú yī máo] ► lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) ► fig. a drop in the ocean