瘦死的骆驼比马大

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

Characters and words in 瘦死的骆驼比马大

shòu = sh + ou4
thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
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= s + Ø3
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
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= di + Ø1
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= di + Ø2
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de = d + e5
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
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= di + Ø4
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
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camel / (coll.) blockhead / ninny / CL:峰[feng1]
luò = lu + o4
luò = lu + o4
camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic)
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tuó = tu + o2
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tuó = tu + o2
= bi + Ø3
Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
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= bi + Ø1
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= bi + Ø3
to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
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= m + a3
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
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= m + a3
horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
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Martha (biblical name)
dài = d + ai4
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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