腐っても鯛

くさってもたいkusattemotai

expression

  1. a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond
  2. quality is quality
  3. an old eagle is better than a young crow
  4. even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences