lament one 's littleness before the vast ocean(wàng yáng ér tàn)

lament one 's littleness before the vast ocean

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à ngy á ng é RT à n, which means that when doing something, you feel helpless because you are incompetent or have no conditions.

Idiom usage

It's hard to see a gap in the ancient book. It's hard to know the treasure. It's hard to look at the ocean and sigh. It's not good enough. On the origin of articles by Tian Beihu

The origin of Idioms

Zhuang Zhou, a famous thinker in the Warring States period, tells a story about he Bo's sighing and sighing in an article "autumn water": he Bo, the God of the Yellow River, saw that the river rose sharply in autumn, and the Yellow River became very broad. He thought he was the greatest in the world. When he came to the North Sea, he saw the God of the North Sea, felt his insignificance, and thought his idea was ridiculous.

Chinese PinYin : wàng yáng ér tàn