lóng​lí​cāng​hǎi​zāo​xiā​xì

dragon out of water is mocked by shrimp

龙离沧海遭虾戏 龍離滄海遭蝦戲 lóng​lí​cāng​hǎi​zāo​xiā​xì
dragon out of water is mocked by shrimp
a person of great power or talent who has lost their position and is being bullied by those far beneath them; usually paired with the image of a tiger on the plains being bullied by dogs

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