死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪

sǐ le zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪

不
bù

no; not so

了
le

(completed action marker)

吃
chī

to eat

张
zhāng

to open up

死
sǐ

to die

毛
máo

hair

混
hùn

to mix

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright

猪
zhū

hog

夫
fū

man

夫
fú

(classical) this, that

屠
tú

to slaughter (animals for food)

屠夫
tú fū

butcher

毛猪
máo zhū

live pig