瘦死的骆驼比马大

shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà

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1. lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
2. fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
3. a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people

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Child Words of 瘦死的骆驼比马大

• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 死 死 sǐ: to die
• 比 比 bǐ: Belgium
• 瘦 瘦 shòu: thin
• 的 的 de: of; ~'s (possessive particle)
• 的 的 dī: see 的士[dī shì]
• 的 的 dí: really and truly
• 的 的 dì: (bound form) bull's-eye; target
• 马 马 mǎ: horse
• 马大 马大 mǎ dà: Martha (biblical name)
• 驼 驼 tuó: hump or hunchbacked
• 骆 骆 luò: camel
• 骆驼 骆驼 luò tuo: camel