大海捞针 in English da4 hai3 lao1 zhen1 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) to fish a needle from the sea
• to find a needle in a haystack (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

da4 hai3 lao1 zhen1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

大da4big 海hai3surname Hai 捞lao1to fish up 针zhen1needle