瘦 死 的 骆 驼 比 马 大

shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dàdictionary entry

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

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瘦死的駱駝比馬大 瘦死的骆驼比马大 [shou4 si3 de5 luo4 tuo5 bi3 ma3 da4] /lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)/fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people/a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people/

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