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The character 渺, whose traditional form is 淼, is structurally composed of three instances of the water radical (水), a pictorial stacking that originally conveyed the sense of a broad, endless expanse of water, such as a vast ocean or lake. Over time, this literal aquatic meaning expanded into more abstract territory, coming to describe anything perceived as vast, distant, and indistinct, like a far-off horizon. The modern standard form 渺 incorporates the phonetic component 眇, which itself carries connotations of being small or blind, and this combination further nuanced the character's meaning. Consequently, 渺 evolved to hold the dual, somewhat paradoxical notions of something both immense and boundless, yet also minute and insignificant, as a single entity viewed against such a grand scale, leading to its common use in words expressing minuteness or remoteness.
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他的力量在自然面前显得很渺小。
前途渺茫，他不知道该做什么。
人在地球上看星空，会感到自己很渺小。
在浩瀚的宇宙中，人类的存在极其渺小。
希望虽然渺茫，但我们从未放弃。
个人的得失在历史长河中显得渺不足道。
面对这片渺无人烟的荒漠，他感到了孤独。
这种可能性微乎其微，渺若星辰。