死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪
sǐ​le​zhāng​tú​fū​bù​chī​hùn​máo​zhū

nobody is indispensable

死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬 sǐ​le​zhāng​tú​fū​bù​chī​hùn​máo​zhū
nobody is indispensable
just because the butcher dies, it does not mean we will have to eat pork with the bristles still on it; one person's absence will not stop things from moving forward