强龙难敌地头蛇
qiáng​lóng​nán​dí​dì​tóu​shé

local influence prevails

  • created sense approved 强龙难敌地头蛇/強龍難敵地頭蛇 · qiáng​lóng​nán​dí​dì​tóu​shé · local influence prevails — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    强龙难敌地头蛇 / 強龍難敵地頭蛇

    qiáng​lóng​nán​dí​dì​tóu​shé

    local influence prevails

    even powerful outsiders cannot compete with local thugs or influential residents; literally, a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake

    强 (literal) → 强/強 · qiáng · strong 龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · eminent person 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 敌 (literal) → 敌/敵 · dí · to match 地头蛇 (literal) → 地头蛇/地頭蛇 · dì​tóu​shé · local bully

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

    created sense