- 大鱼吃小鱼 dàyúchīxiǎoyú the strong prey on the weakThe strong bully or swallow up the weak; similar to the phrase "big fish eat little fish"
- 大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米 dàyúchīxiǎoyúxiǎoyúchīxiāmǐ the big fish eat the small fish and the small fish eat the shrimpbig fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp; an idiom describing a hierarchy where the strong prey on the weak or the law of the jungle