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死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪

sǐ le Zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhūdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬 死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 [si3 le5 Zhang1 tu2 fu1 , bu4 chi1 hun4 mao2 zhu1] /lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)/fig. nobody is indispensable/

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Other forms in these source records: 死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬

  • 死
    sǐ

    to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

  • 了
    le

    (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

    liǎo

    to finish / (used with 得[dé] or 不[bù] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wàng bu liǎo] "cannot forget") / (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wú] or 不[bù]) completely (not) / entirely (not) / (not) in the least / (bound form) clear in one's mind / to understand clearly

    liào

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  • 张
    zhāng

    to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes

    Zhāng

    surname Zhang

  • 屠
    tú

    to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre

    Tú

    surname Tu

  • 夫
    fū

    husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

    fú

    (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 吃
    chī

    to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

  • 混
    hún

    muddy / turbid (variant of 渾|浑[hún]) / brainless / foolish (variant of 渾|浑[hún]) / Taiwan pr. [hùn]

    hùn

    to mix / to mingle / muddled / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb / thoughtless / reckless

  • 毛
    máo

    hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])

    Máo

    surname Mao

  • 猪
    zhū

    hog / pig / swine / CL:口[kǒu],頭|头[tóu]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.