Word
HSK | Not in HSK |
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FREQUENCY | Unknown |
瘦死的骆驼比马大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
DEFINITIONS
- lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
- fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
- a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
CHARACTERS
瘦 shòu | thin, emaciated, lean; meager |
死 sǐ | die; dead; death |
的 de | possessive, adjectival suffix |
骆 luò | a white horse with black mane; a camel |
驼 tuo | a camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back |
比 bǐ | to compare, liken; comparison; than |
马 mǎ | horse; surname; KangXi radical 187 |
大 dà | big, great, vast, large, high |