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

nobody is indispensable

  • created sense approved 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 — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 了 (literal) → 了 · le · [aspect marker] 张 (literal) → 张/張 · zhāng · Zhang 屠夫 (literal) → 屠夫 · tú​fū · butcher ， (non_chinese) 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 混 (literal) → 混 · hún · muddy 毛猪 (literal) → 毛猪/毛豬 · máo​zhū · live pig

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