山中无老虎,猴子称大王
Traditional form:
山中無老虎,猴子稱大王
Pinyin (reading):
shānzhōngwúlǎohǔ,hóuzichēngdàwáng
Definitions:
- in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)
- (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王 (dàwáng) or 大王 (dàiwang))
Characters:
- 山 - mountain, hill, peak
- 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 猴 - monkey, ape; like a monkey
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 称 - balanced; name, brand; to say, to call
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 王 - king, ruler; royal; surname
Traditional characters:
- 山 - mountain, hill, peak
- 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 老 - old, aged; experienced
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 猴 - monkey, ape; like a monkey
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 稱 - balanced; name, brand; to say, to call
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 王 - king, ruler; royal; surname