瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
  2. fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
  3. a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people

CHARACTERS

瘦 shòu
HSK 3
thin, emaciated, lean; meager
死 sǐ
HSK 4
die; dead; death
的 de
HSK 1
possessive, adjectival suffix
駱 luò a white horse with black mane; a camel
駝 tuo a camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back
比 bǐ
HSK 2
to compare, liken; comparison; than
馬 mǎ horse; surname; KangXi radical 187
大 dà
HSK 1
big, great, vast, large, high