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- to lose weight (intentionally)
- to slim down
- (Tw) to downsize (a business)
Trad. 周瘦鵑
- Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution
- to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
Trad. 挑肥揀瘦
- (idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
- to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
- one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat)
- stature
Trad. 面黃肌瘦
- lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom)
- fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance
Trad. 瘦死的駱駝比馬大
- lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
- fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
- a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people