矬子里拔将军矬子裡拔將軍

cuó zi lǐ bá jiāng jūn

Meaning

lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom); fig. to pick the best out of a bad group

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矬cuóshort; a dwarf矢坐子zison, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing了一里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane田土拔báto uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote扌犮将jiāngthe future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general丬夕寸军jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops冖车