宁做鸡头,不做凤尾 (寧做雞頭,不做鳳尾)
nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi
Pinyin

Definition

宁做鸡头,不做凤尾 (寧做雞頭,不做鳳尾)
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nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi
  1. lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)
  2. fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
zuò
  1. 1 to do
  2. 2 to make
  3. 3 to produce
  4. 4 to write
  5. 5 to compose
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 to engage in
  8. 8 to hold (a party)
  9. 9 to be
  10. 10 to become
  11. 11 to function (in some capacity)
  12. 12 to serve as
  13. 13 to be used for
  14. 14 to form (a bond or relationship)
  15. 15 to pretend
  16. 16 to feign
  17. 17 to act a part
  18. 18 to put on appearance
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
bù yì lè hū
  1. 1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
  2. 2 fig. (jocularly) extremely
  3. 3 awfully
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)