"瘦死的駱駝比馬大" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "form": "瘦死的骆驼比马大",
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    },
    {
      "form": "餓死的駱駝比馬大"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "a camel starved to death is (still) bigger than a (living) horse",
  "pos": "proverb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Alas, I understand that's hard. But as the saying goes, \"A camel starved to death is still larger than a horse\". No matter how, a hair plucked from you is still thicker than our waists (i.e. a small donation from you is still much more than our worth) !",
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          "ref": " Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Ài, wǒ yěshì zhīdào jiānnán de. Dàn súyǔ shuō de: ‘Shòusǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà’, píng tā zěnyàng, nǐlǎo bá gēn hánmáo bǐ wǒmen de yāo hái cū ne!",
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          "text": "噯，我也是知道艱難的。但俗語說的：『瘦死的駱駝比馬大』，憑他怎樣，你老拔根寒毛比我們的腰還粗呢！",
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          "english": "Alas, I understand that's hard. But as the saying goes, \"A camel starved to death is still larger than a horse\". No matter how, a hair plucked from you is still thicker than our waists (i.e. a small donation from you is still much more than our worth) !",
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          "ref": " Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Ài, wǒ yěshì zhīdào jiānnán de. Dàn súyǔ shuō de: ‘Shòusǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà’, píng tā zěnyàng, nǐlǎo bá gēn hánmáo bǐ wǒmen de yāo hái cū ne!",
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            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "嗳，我也是知道艰难的。但俗语说的：『瘦死的骆驼比马大』，凭他怎样，你老拔根寒毛比我们的腰还粗呢！",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Although a rich family has become less rich than previous, they are still richer than a poor family."
      ],
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        "(figurative) Although a rich family has become less rich than previous, they are still richer than a poor family."
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        "figuratively"
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      "glosses": [
        "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."
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        "(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."
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  "sounds": [
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shòu sǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˋ ㄙˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄨㄛ ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shòu sǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà [Phonetic:shòusǐdeluòtuobímǎdà]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shòu sǐh de̊ luòtuo̊ bǐ mǎ dà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shou⁴ ssŭ³ tê⁵ lo⁴-tʻo⁵ pi³ ma³ ta⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shòu sž de lwò-two bǐ mǎ dà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "show syy .de luoh.tuo bii maa dah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шоу сы дэ лото би ма да"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šou sy dɛ loto bi ma da"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ¹ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shòusǐdeluòtuobímǎdà]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ¹ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/"
    }
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  "word": "瘦死的駱駝比馬大"
}

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    "Chinese terms spelled with 瘦",
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "瘦死的骆驼比马大",
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    {
      "form": "餓死的駱駝比馬大"
    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "a camel starved to death is (still) bigger than a (living) horse",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Alas, I understand that's hard. But as the saying goes, \"A camel starved to death is still larger than a horse\". No matter how, a hair plucked from you is still thicker than our waists (i.e. a small donation from you is still much more than our worth) !",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Written Vernacular Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Ài, wǒ yěshì zhīdào jiānnán de. Dàn súyǔ shuō de: ‘Shòusǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà’, píng tā zěnyàng, nǐlǎo bá gēn hánmáo bǐ wǒmen de yāo hái cū ne!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "噯，我也是知道艱難的。但俗語說的：『瘦死的駱駝比馬大』，憑他怎樣，你老拔根寒毛比我們的腰還粗呢！",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Alas, I understand that's hard. But as the saying goes, \"A camel starved to death is still larger than a horse\". No matter how, a hair plucked from you is still thicker than our waists (i.e. a small donation from you is still much more than our worth) !",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Written Vernacular Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Ài, wǒ yěshì zhīdào jiānnán de. Dàn súyǔ shuō de: ‘Shòusǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà’, píng tā zěnyàng, nǐlǎo bá gēn hánmáo bǐ wǒmen de yāo hái cū ne!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "嗳，我也是知道艰难的。但俗语说的：『瘦死的骆驼比马大』，凭他怎样，你老拔根寒毛比我们的腰还粗呢！",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Although a rich family has become less rich than previous, they are still richer than a poor family."
      ],
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        "(figurative) Although a rich family has become less rich than previous, they are still richer than a poor family."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
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        "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."
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        "(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."
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        "figuratively"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shòu sǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˋ ㄙˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄨㄛ ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shòu sǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà [Phonetic:shòusǐdeluòtuobímǎdà]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shòu sǐh de̊ luòtuo̊ bǐ mǎ dà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shou⁴ ssŭ³ tê⁵ lo⁴-tʻo⁵ pi³ ma³ ta⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shòu sž de lwò-two bǐ mǎ dà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "show syy .de luoh.tuo bii maa dah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шоу сы дэ лото би ма да"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šou sy dɛ loto bi ma da"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ¹ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shòusǐdeluòtuobímǎdà]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ¹ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "瘦死的駱駝比馬大"
}

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