瘦死的骆驼比马大
shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
Pinyin

Definition

瘦死的骆驼比马大
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shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
  1. lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
  2. fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
  3. a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
的
de
  1. 1 of
  2. 2 ~'s (possessive particle)
  3. 3 (used after an attribute)
  4. 4 (used to form a nominal expression)
  5. 5 (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
人大
Rén dà
  1. 1 (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì])
  2. 2 Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué])
伟大
wěi dà
  1. 1 huge
  2. 2 great
  3. 3 grand
  4. 4 worthy of the greatest admiration
  5. 5 important (contribution etc)
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
大人
dà ren
  1. 1 adult
  2. 2 grownup
  3. 3 title of respect toward superiors
大侠
dà xiá
  1. 1 knight
  2. 2 swordsman
  3. 3 noble warrior
  4. 4 chivalrous hero
大半夜
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night
大叔
dà shū
  1. 1 eldest of father's younger brothers
  2. 2 uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
  1. 1 great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
大哥
dà gē
  1. 1 eldest brother
  2. 2 big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself)
  3. 3 gang leader
  4. 4 boss
大地
dà dì
  1. 1 earth
  2. 2 mother earth
大多
dà duō
  1. 1 for the most part
  2. 2 many
  3. 3 most
  4. 4 the greater part
  5. 5 mostly
大多数
dà duō shù
  1. 1 (great) majority
大大
dà dà
  1. 1 greatly
  2. 2 enormously
  3. 3 (dialect) dad
  4. 4 uncle
大姐
dà jiě
  1. 1 big sister
  2. 2 elder sister
  3. 3 older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
大学
Dà xué
  1. 1 the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū] in Confucianism
大学生
dà xué shēng
  1. 1 university student
  2. 2 college student

Idioms (20)

一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
兔死狐悲
tù sǐ hú bēi
  1. 1 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

Sample Sentences

啊哟，瘦死的骆驼比马大。绝大多数国际组织都被发达国家操控，制定一些霸王条款来剥削发展中国家。世贸组织也不例外。
āyō ，shòusǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà 。juédàduōshù guójìzǔzhī dōu bèi fādáguójiā cāokòng ，zhìdìng yīxiē bàwángtiáokuǎn lái bōxuē fāzhǎnzhōngguójiā 。shìmàozǔzhī yě bù lìwài 。
Oh, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. The majority of international organizations are controlled by developed countries. They come up with some despotic policies to exploit developing countries. The World Trade Organization is no different.
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