Every day Jingwei flew to the Eastern Sea with a pebble in her beak, hoping to fill the sea up.
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From 《山海经》: 女娃, daughter of 炎帝, drowned in the Eastern Sea and became a bird named after its own cry, which carries twigs and stones from the western hills to fill the sea. The idiom 精卫填海 praises dogged effort against impossible odds.
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The politician 汪兆铭 wrote under the name 精卫 and is known as 汪精卫.
