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拔根汗毛比腰粗

bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū

7-character word

What 拔根汗毛比腰粗 means

1. lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
2. fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B
3. (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B{的腰粗|A bá gēn hàn máo bǐ B de yāo cū})

The characters in 拔根汗毛比腰粗

• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 汗hànperspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more adj. than noun; ratio
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff