雞屍牛從
jī​shī​niú​cóng

better to be a big fish in a small pond

  1. 鸡 雞 jī noun
    chicken
    chicken; fowl; bird of the Galliformes order typically raised for its meat or eggs
  2. 尸 屍 shī noun
    corpse
    (bound form) dead body or corpse of a person or animal; often appears as 尸体 shī​tǐ or 尸首 shī​shou
  3. 牛 niú noun
    ox
    ox; cow; bull; cattle; any of various bovine animals
  4. 从 從 cóng
    to follow
    To follow someone physically; to go after