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死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬

简死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 · 繁死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬

Mandarin · pinyin sǐ le Zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū

lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)
fig. nobody is indispensable

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死: sǐ · die; dead; death
了: le · to finish; particle of completed action
張: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet; 26th lunar mansion, determinative star υ¹ Hydrae
屠: tú · butcher, slaughter, massacre
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
吃: chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
混: hùn · to mix, blend, mingle; to bumble along
毛: máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse
豬: zhū · pig, hog
张: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet
猪: zhū · pig, hog, wild boar

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