瘦死的駱駝比馬大
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Chinese[edit]
tight; thin; lean | to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of |
camel | side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio |
horse; surname | big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor | ||
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trad. (瘦死的駱駝比馬大) | 瘦 | 死 | 的 | 駱駝 | 比 | 馬 | 大 | |
simp. (瘦死的骆驼比马大) | 瘦 | 死 | 的 | 骆驼 | 比 | 马 | 大 | |
alternative forms | 餓死的駱駝比馬大/饿死的骆驼比马大 | |||||||
Literally: “a camel starved to death is (still) bigger than a (living) horse”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Proverb[edit]
瘦死的駱駝比馬大
- (figurative) Although a rich family has become less rich than previous, they are still richer than a poor family.
- (figurative) Although someone/something is inferior compared with oneself's past or fellows, the one is still better than people/things of one's inferior rank.