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  *瘦* | 瘦* | *瘦
thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
HSK 5
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
to waste away / to become thin
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
meager
wizened / skinny and shriveled
(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
thin person
(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc) / slender
slim
lean meat
leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)
to lose weight (intentionally) / to slim down / (Tw) to downsize (a business)
one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat) / stature
slightly-built / petite
slim
thin and weak
skinny; emaciated (idiom)
(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
to lose weight dramatically
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
emaciated; scrawny
slender / slim as a thread
thin / lean / slender / skinny / (of cheeks) hollow
thin / emaciated
lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance
thin / scrawny / emaciated
Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution
bony / skinny
(idiom) emaciated; scrawny
variant of 骨瘦如柴


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