tài
cāng

idiom
common

Meaning of 太仓一粟

太仓一粟 means a drop in the ocean; a single grain of millet in the great granary; something very small or insignificant. Pronounced tài cāng yī sù.

  • a drop in the ocean; a single grain of millet in the great granary; something very small or insignificant

Definitions & Examples

rén
zuò
de
zhè
diǎn
gōng
zuò
 
zài
zhōng
guò
shì
tài
cāng
le
 

The little work I did alone is nothing but a drop in the ocean compared to the collective effort.

Zhè
diǎn
qián
duì
zhěng
xiàng
lái
shuō
 
zhǐ
shì
tài
cāng
 

This amount of money is just a drop in the ocean for the entire project.

rén
de
liàng
zài
zhěng
shè
huì
miàn
qián
 
yóu
tài
cāng
 

The power of an individual is like a grain of sand in the face of society as a whole.