死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪
Traditional: 死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬Dictionary entry
lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
What does 死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 mean?
死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 (sǐ le Zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
2fig. nobody is indispensable
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死sǐto die · impassable了le(completed action marker) · (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)张Zhāngsurname Zhang屠Túsurname Tu夫fūhusband · man不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)混húnmuddy; turbid (variant of 渾|浑[hun2]) · brainless; foolish (variant of 渾|浑[hun2])
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