Meaning
bágēnhànmáobǐyāocūba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 yao1 cu1
- lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
- fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B
- (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))
Words sharing a character
- 选拔 xuǎnbá to select the best
- 提拔 tíbá to promote to a higher job
- 海拔 hǎibá height above sea level
- 挺拔 tǐngbá tall and straight
- 拔苗助长 bámiáozhùzhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
- 一毛不拔 yīmáobùbá stingy (idiom)
- 根本 gēnběn fundamental
- 根据 gēnjù according to
- 根源 gēnyuán origin
- 扎根 zhāgēn to take root