an utterly inadequate measure
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ē ishu ǐ y ú x ī n, which means that the power is small and useless. From the new temple of emperor Wenzhong of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Cao Fu of the Song Dynasty wrote in the new temple of Tang Yan Wenzhong: "a cup of water and a salary, a force and no resistance."
Idiom usage
It can't solve the problem with little power.
Chinese PinYin : bēi shuǐ yú xīn
an utterly inadequate measure
the dragon 's liver and the phoenix 's marrow. lóng xuè fèng suǐ
palm off a substitute for the real thing. táo jiāng lǐ dài