lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom); fig. it's better than nothing
trad. 螞蚱也是肉
Also written 螞蚱也是肉【mà zha yě shì ròu】
Characters in this word
5蚂
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used in 螞螂|蚂螂[ma1 lang2]
- Pinyin
- mā
- Traditional
- 螞
- Strokes
- 9
蚱
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grasshopper
- Pinyin
- zhà
- Strokes
- 11
也
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surname Ye
- Pinyin
- Yě
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 25 of 2500
是
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to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5 of 2500
肉
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meat, flesh, pulp (of a fruit), (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy, (of a person) flabby, irresolute, Kangxi radical 130
- Pinyin
- ròu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1834 of 2500