拔根汗毛比腰粗

bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū

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 ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])

拔

bá

to pull up

根

gēn

root

汗

hàn

perspiration

毛

máo

hair

比

bǐ

abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]

腰

yāo

the waist and lower back

粗

cū

remote; distant