What does "a drop in the ocean" mean?

A drop in the ocean:

Explain Xiaomi: Xiaomi is Xiaomi. A millet in the sea. The metaphor is very small.

From: Stone "Former Red Cliff Fu": "A drop in the ocean sends ephemera to heaven and earth."

The world is like a ephemera, and the Hanazono Sakura world is like a drop in the ocean.

Example: I am just a drop in the ocean, very small. The truly great is the people of China, the * * * production party of China and the * * * Republic of China!

Grammar: formal; As predicate and object; Refers to trivial matters.

Extended data:

1, Taicang fell

Description: Taicang: a large granary located in the capital in ancient times. A millet in the granary. A metaphor for a very small number in a very large number.

From: Zhuangzi Qiushui: "Counting China in the sea is not like rice in Taicang?"

Calculate that the Central Plains is within the four seas, unlike Timmy in Taicang?

Grammar: formal; As an object and clause; A metaphor for a very small number in a very large number.

2. Nine Niu Yi cents

Description: A hair on nine cows. Metaphor is a very small number in a very large number, which is insignificant.

From: Letter to Ren Shaoqing by Sima Qian of Han Dynasty: "If a courtier is brought to justice and punished, what is the difference with nine cows and nine ants?"

If a servant is punished, if he kills nine cows and loses a hair, what is the difference with an ant?

Example: Niu Yi, don't brag about yourself. Pride and complacency will pass.

Grammar: formal; As subject, object and attribute; Metaphor is extremely small and insignificant.

3. Nine Niu Yi hairs

Description: A hair on nine cows. Metaphor is a very small number in a very large number, which is insignificant.

From: Letter to Ren Shaoqing by Sima Qian of Han Dynasty: "If a courtier is brought to justice and punished, what is the difference with nine cows and nine ants?"

If I am legally killed, if nine cows lose a hair, it is no different from ants.

Example: This is a county-level official, especially in Niu Yi, who can lift tens of thousands of families in a city out of poverty.

Grammar: formal; As subject, object and attribute; Metaphor is insignificant

4. Taicang glutinous rice

Description: Taicang: a large granary located in the capital in ancient times. The metaphor is very small.

From: Zhuangzi Qiushui: "Counting China in the sea is not like rice in Taicang?"

Calculate that the Central Plains is within the four seas, unlike Timmy in Taicang?

Grammar: formal; As an object and clause; The metaphor is very small.

5. unimportant

Explanation: micro: fine, small; Foot: worthwhile; Tell me about it. It's too small to mention. Of meaning, value, etc too small to mention.

Said by: Guo Moruo's poem "A Hundred Flowers Blossom in Monochrome": "Although we are insignificant among grass flowers. But our color is purple. "

Grammar: formal; As predicate and object; Used for people.