Word data
HSK
Not in HSK
FREQUENCY
Unknown
瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
the rich stay ahead even after big loss
Word data
| HSK | Not in HSK |
| Frequency | Unknown |
Definitions
- 1. fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
- 2. lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
- 3. a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
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thin; to lose weight; (of meat) lean
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to die; extremely; inflexible
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(used after an attribute)
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surname Luo; camel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
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camel; hump or hunchbacked; variant of 駝tuó
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(particle used for comparison and "-er than"); to compare
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horse; surname Ma
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big; large; great
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