蚂蚱也是肉
mà​zha​yě​shì​ròu

it's better than nothing

  • created sense approved 蚂蚱也是肉/螞蚱也是肉 · mà​zha​yě​shì​ròu · it's better than nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蚂蚱也是肉 / 螞蚱也是肉

    mà​zha​yě​shì​ròu

    it's better than nothing

    Literally "even a locust provides some meat"; used to mean that even a small or insignificant amount is better than nothing at all

    蚂蚱 (literal) → 蚂蚱/螞蚱 · mà​zha · locust 也 (literal) → 也 · yě · also 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 肉 (literal) → 肉 · ròu · meat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense