<p>Yes, it's 蚊子再小也是肉. It came from a 散曲 from Yuan Dynasty.</p>
<p>But it's meaning is slightly different than what you understand. It should be &quot;even though it's very small/few, it's better than nothing&quot;. It's usually said when we want something but what we have is something of less amount/quality or something else that is not as good. We do not waste what is very small and it can at least soothe our demand partially.</p>

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<p>Is this the correct saying/correct wording of the adage? I've seen this a lot in machine translated novels so i'm not sure of the actual wording or if this is entirely a mistranslation, but i imagine it means to not look down on anything because even a small gain is worthwhile?</p>

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Is there a Chinese saying, ''even mosquito legs are meat''?
# Is there a Chinese saying, ''even mosquito legs are meat''?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-08)

Is this the correct saying/correct wording of the adage? I've seen this a lot in machine translated novels so i'm not sure of the actual wording or if this is entirely a mistranslation, but i imagine it means to not look down on anything because even a small gain is worthwhile?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-08. Score: 1

Yes, it's 蚊子再小也是肉. It came from a 散曲 from Yuan Dynasty.

But it's meaning is slightly different than what you understand. It should be "even though it's very small/few, it's better than nothing". It's usually said when we want something but what we have is something of less amount/quality or something else that is not as good. We do not waste what is very small and it can at least soothe our demand partially.


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