拔根汗毛比腰粗

bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū

Dictionary entry

lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)

What does 拔根汗毛比腰粗 mean?

拔根汗毛比腰粗 (bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)

2fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B

3(used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])

Character breakdown

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拔báto pull up · to pull out 根gēnroot · basis 汗hánsee 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]毛Máosurname Mao 比BǐBelgium · Belgian 腰yāothe waist and lower back · (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick · (of sth granular) coarse

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拔根汗毛比腰粗

bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū

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