qiáng​lóng​bù​yā​dì​tóu​shé

powerful outsiders are no match for local forces

Senses

强龙不压地头蛇/ 強龍不壓地頭蛇 qiáng​lóng​bù​yā​dì​tóu​shé powerful outsiders are no match for local forces

Literally "even a powerful dragon cannot repress a snake in its own haunts"; used to mean that a powerful person from the outside cannot compete with local forces who have the advantage of being on their own home turf

References

variant 强龙不压地头蛇/強龍不壓地頭蛇 强龙难敌地头蛇/強龍難敵地頭蛇