精衛填海 — Jing1 wei4 tian2 hai3 — Chinese Dictionary

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Jing¹ wei⁴ tian² hai³

lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition/task of Sisyphus/determination in the face of impossible odds

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Pronunciations

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衛

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海

As word

1

Jing¹

lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition/task of Sisyphus/determination in the face of impossible odds

2

wei⁴

lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition/task of Sisyphus/determination in the face of impossible odds

3

tian²

lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition/task of Sisyphus/determination in the face of impossible odds

4

hai³

lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition/task of Sisyphus/determination in the face of impossible odds