瘦死的骆驼比马大
Traditional: 瘦死的駱駝比馬大Dictionary entry
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
What does 瘦死的骆驼比马大 mean?
瘦死的骆驼比马大 (shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
2fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
3a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
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瘦shòuthin · to lose weight死sǐto die · impassable的deof; ~'s (possessive particle) · (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)骆Luòsurname Luo驼tuóhump or hunchbacked · camel比BǐBelgium · Belgian马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)
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