瘦死的駱駝比馬大 | Chinese meaning

瘦死的骆驼比马大【shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà】

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

汉语词典Chinese definitions

HSK 52

含义thin, emaciated, lean; meager

拼音shòu

HSK 32

含义die; dead; death

拼音sǐ

HSK 11

含义possessive, adjectival suffix

拼音de

含义a white horse with black mane; a camel

拼音luò

含义a camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back

拼音tuó

HSK 11

含义to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇

拼音bǐ

HSK 1

含义horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

拼音mǎ

HSK 11

含义big, great, vast, large, high

拼音dà