It's like a drop in the bucket
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú Qi ū é RZH ǐ, which means to stop in case of difficulties and not make progress. It's from Xunzi · youzuo.
The origin of Idioms
"Xunzi · youzuo" says, "if you advance like a Cuan, I will go with it; if you stop like a Qiu, I will go."
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive
Analysis of Idioms
Not striving for progress, but retreating in the face of difficulties
Chinese PinYin : rú qiū ér zhǐ
It's like a drop in the bucket
There is no beginning, but there is an end. mǐ bù yǒu chū,xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng
The road of heaven and man. tiān wú jué rén zhī lù
make an unfounded attack upon sb.. xuè kǒu pēn rén
investigate sb . 's fault and try to punish him. yǐn shéng pī gēn
study your own daughter properly when finding her a husband.. xiàng nǚ pèi fū
be careless about one 's dress. bù xiū biān fú
do one 's best till one 's heart ceases to beat. sǐ ér hòu yǐ