一丁点儿 yī dīng diǎn ér a little bit

Explanation

形容数量极少，微不足道。

describes a very small, insignificant amount.

Origin Story

小明参加了学校的绘画比赛，他画了一幅关于秋天的画作。他精心挑选了颜色，细致地描绘了落叶纷飞的景象，还添加了一丁点儿金黄色的阳光，使画面更加生动。评委老师们看到了小明画作中的一丁点儿秋天的气息，都感到十分惊艳，因为这幅画作虽然只是一丁点儿，但它却充满了感情和想象力。最后，小明凭借这幅作品获得了比赛的二等奖。

xiǎomíng cānjiā le xuéxiào de huìhuà bǐsài, tā huà le yī fú guānyú qiūtiān de huàzuò. tā jīngxīn tiāoxuǎn le yánsè, xìzhì de miáohuì le luòyè fēnfēi de jǐngxiàng, hái tiānjiā le yī dīng diǎn ér jīnhuángsè de yángguāng, shǐ huàmiàn gèngjiā shēngdòng. píngwěi lǎoshīmen kàndào le xiǎomíng huàzuò zhōng de yī dīng diǎn ér qiūtiān de qìxī, dōu gǎndào shífēn jīngyàn, yīnwèi zhè fú huàzuò suīrán zhǐshì yī dīng diǎn ér, dàn tā què chōngmǎn le gǎnqíng hé xiǎngxiànglì. zuìhòu, xiǎomíng píngjí zhè fú zuòpǐn huòdé le bǐsài de èrděng jiǎng.

Xiaoming participated in the school's painting competition. He painted a picture of autumn. He carefully selected colors and meticulously depicted the scene of falling leaves, adding a little bit of golden sunlight to make the picture more vivid. The judges were amazed by the little bit of autumn atmosphere in Xiaoming's painting, because although the painting was only a little bit, it was full of emotion and imagination. In the end, Xiaoming won the second prize in the competition with this work.

Usage

用作宾语、定语；常用于口语。

yòng zuò bīnyǔ, dìngyǔ; cháng yòng yú kǒuyǔ

used as an object and attribute; often used in spoken language.

Examples

• 他只有一丁点儿积蓄。

  tā zhǐ yǒu yī dīng diǎn ér jīxù

  He only has a little savings.

• 这件事，我只有一丁点儿了解。

  zhè jiàn shì, wǒ zhǐ yǒu yī dīng diǎn ér liǎojiě

  I only have a little understanding of this matter.

• 我对他只有一丁点儿好感。

  wǒ duì tā zhǐ yǒu yī dīng diǎn ér hǎogǎn

  I only have a little affection for him.

Related Idioms

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• 微乎其微

Opposite Idioms

• 许多

• 大量

• 无数