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Chinese
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tight; thin; lean
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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
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side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio |
horse; surname
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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
| trad. (瘦死的駱駝比馬大)
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瘦
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死
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的
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駱駝
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比
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馬
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大
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| simp. (瘦死的骆驼比马大)
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瘦
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死
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的
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骆驼
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比
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马
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大
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| alternative forms
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餓死的駱駝比馬大／饿死的骆驼比马大
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| Literally: “a camel starved to death is (still) bigger than a (living) horse”.
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Pronunciation
Proverb
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.