"Insignificant" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 渺小 | miǎo xiǎo | minute / tiny / negligible / insignificant |   |
| 微不足道 | wēi bù zú dào | negligible / insignificant | |
| 区区 | qū qū | insignificant / trifling / merely | |
| 无关紧要 | wú guān jǐn yào | indifferent / insignificant | |
| 无足轻重 | wú zú qīng zhòng | insignificant | |
| 麽 |  mó | tiny / insignificant | |
| 无关痛痒 | wú guān tòng yǎng | not to affect sb / irrelevant / of no importance / insignificant | |
| 牛溲马勃 | niú sōu mǎ bó | cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom) / worthless nonsense / insignificant | |
| 钻牛角尖 | zuān niú jiǎo jiān | lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs | |
| 大材小用 | dà cái xiǎo yòng | using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom) / a sledgehammer to crack a nut | |
| 渺 | miǎo | (of an expanse of water) vast / distant and indistinct / tiny or insignificant | |
| 无名小卒 | wú míng xiǎo zú | insignificant soldier (idiom) / a nobody / nonentity | |
| 雕虫小技 | diāo chóng xiǎo jì | insignificant talent / skill of no high order / minor accomplishment | |
| 星星之火 | xīng xing zhī huǒ | a single spark (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect | |
| 卑卑不足道 | bēi bēi bù zú dào | to be too petty or insignificant to mention / to not be worth mentioning (idiom) | |
| 秤砣虽小压千斤 | chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn | although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost | |
| 细微末节 | xì wēi mò jié | tiny insignificant details / niceties | |
| 幺麽小丑 | yāo mó xiǎo chǒu | insignificant wretch | |
| 星星之火，可以燎原 | xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán | a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect | |
| 渺乎其微 | miǎo hū qí wēi | remote and insignificant (idiom) | |
| 钻牛角 | zuān niú jiǎo | lit. honing a bull's horn / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 | |
