死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪

sǐ le zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū

Definitions

1. lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
2. fig. nobody is indispensable

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Child Words of 死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪

no; not so

(completed action marker)

to eat

to open up

to die

hair

to mix

(of eyes) bright

hog

husband

(classical) this, that

to slaughter (animals for food)

butcher

live pig