大鱼吃小鱼
dà​yú​chī​xiǎo​yú

the strong prey on the weak

  • created reference approved 大鱼吃小鱼/大魚吃小魚 → 大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米/大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大鱼吃小鱼 / 大魚吃小魚 dà​yú​chī​xiǎo​yú

    大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米 / 大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米 dà​yú​chī​xiǎo​yú​xiǎo​yú​chī​xiā​mǐ

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 大鱼吃小鱼/大魚吃小魚 · dà​yú​chī​xiǎo​yú · the strong prey on the weak — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大鱼吃小鱼 / 大魚吃小魚

    dà​yú​chī​xiǎo​yú

    the strong prey on the weak

    The strong bully or swallow up the weak; similar to the phrase "big fish eat little fish"

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 小鱼 (literal) → 小鱼/小魚 · xiǎo​yú · small fish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense