瘦死的駱駝比馬大 [－－－骆驼－马－]

Jyutping sau3 sei2 dik1 lok3 to4 bei2 maa5 daai6
Pinyin shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb, figuratively
    Although someone/something is inferior compared with oneself's past or fellows, the one is still better than people/things of one's inferior rank.
  2. proverb, figuratively
    Although a rich family has become less rich than previous, they are still richer than a poor family.

瘦死的駱駝比馬大 [－－－骆驼－马－]

Jyutping
Pinyin shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
  2. fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
  3. a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people