鸡尸牛从
jī​shī​niú​cóng

better to be a big fish in a small pond

  • created reference approved 鸡尸牛从/雞屍牛從 → 鸡口牛后/雞口牛後 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸡尸牛从 / 雞屍牛從 jī​shī​niú​cóng

    鸡口牛后 / 雞口牛後 jī​kǒu​niú​hòu

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鸡尸牛从/雞屍牛從 · jī​shī​niú​cóng · better to be a big fish in a small pond — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸡尸牛从 / 雞屍牛從

    jī​shī​niú​cóng

    better to be a big fish in a small pond

    Better to lead in a small position than to take a back seat under a great leader; literally "the master of the chickens rather than the follower of the ox"

    jī​shī​niú​zòng

    鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 尸 (literal) → 尸/屍 · shī · corpse 牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox 从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · to follow

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

    created sense