lit. one grain floating on the ocean (idiom)

• rénshēngzàishì,búguòcānghǎiyīsù.

  人生在世，不过沧海一粟。🔊

  Life in this world is nothing more than a single grain of sand in the vast ocean.

fig. a drop in the ocean

• wǒmenzhīshìcānghǎiyīsù.

  我们只是沧海一粟。🔊

  We are merely a grain of sand in the vast ocean.

lit. one grain floating on the ocean (idiom)

• rénshēngzàishì,búguòcānghǎiyīsù.

  人生在世，不过沧海一粟。🔊

  Life in this world is nothing more than a single grain of sand in the vast ocean.

fig. a drop in the ocean

• wǒmenzhīshìcānghǎiyīsù.

  我们只是沧海一粟。🔊

  We are merely a grain of sand in the vast ocean.