石沉大海

shí chén dà hǎi

Dictionary entry

lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)

What does 石沉大海 mean?

石沉大海 (shí chén dà hǎi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)

2fig. to elicit no response

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石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei 沉chénvariant of 沉[chen2]大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)海Hǎisurname Hai

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shí chén dà hǎi

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