Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng

Traditional: 閻王好見，小鬼難當

阎王好见，小鬼难当 (Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)

Characters in 阎王好见，小鬼难当

阎yán · (literary) the gate of a lane王wáng · king or monarch好hǎo · good见jiàn · to see小xiǎo · small鬼guǐ · disembodied spirit; ghost; devil难nán · difficult (to...)当dāng · (onom.) dong

Related words

好good好to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to小small当(onom.) dong当to be当at or in the very same...见to see见to appear当然only natural小时hour看见to see; to catch sight of好像as if

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