蚂蚱也是肉

mà zha yě shì ròu

Definitions

1. lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom)
2. fig. it's better than nothing

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Child Words of 蚂蚱也是肉

(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)

to be (followed by substantives only)

meat

grasshopper

dragonfly

ant

grasshopper

(dialect) locust