成语——杯水车薪

Meaning of the Idiom

bei shui che xin（trying to put out a blazing cartload of faggots with a cup of water）

Mencius was a famous thinker in the Warring States Period. He recommended the political idea of governing the country by benevolence to the vassal states, but no one adopted it. His students asked him the same question.

Mencius replied:

It is no doubt that benevolence can overcome inhumanity, just as water can extinguish fire. But now some advocates of benevolence seem to use a small glass of water to save the flame of a wagon full of firewood. If any one thus thinks that water cannot extinguish fire, he is in the same class as a tyrannical person, and will lose what little benevolence he has had.

杯水车薪

[bēi shuǐ chē xīn]，原义是用一杯水去扑灭一车燃烧的柴草；比喻力量太小，无济于事。

出自战国·孟轲《孟子·告子上》。

例句

比起灾区的损失，我们的支援可是杯水车薪。

虽然他已经很努力的在筹钱了，可是对于昂贵的住院费，这仅仅是杯水车薪。

这点帮助对这个不幸的家庭来说，只不过是杯水车薪。

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Meaning of Words

 

词语	华文解释	英文解释
暴虐	意思是凶恶残暴地对待。 例句：在他们身上留下的伤残的标记，永远在控诉着独裁者的暴虐和罪恶。	brutal
呼吁	指提出具体愿望或主张，而号召人们去奉行。 例句：环保人士经常用各种方式呼吁民众低碳生活。	appeal; call on
不容置疑	不允许有什么怀疑，表示论证严密，无可怀疑。 例句：报告的内容与很多目击者反映的情况一致，不容置疑。	No doubt
暴虐不仁	表示凶恶残暴地对待别人，没有丝毫仁慈。 例句：这个国王对待人民暴虐不仁，他的统治很快就被推翻了。	brutal
浅显	意思是浅近明白，容易懂。 例句：这本书的内容浅显易懂，非常适合做孩子的启蒙教材。	Simple and obvious