阎王好见，小鬼难当

Traditional form:

閻王好見，小鬼難當

Pinyin (reading):

Yánwánghǎojiàn,xiǎoguǐnándāng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 阎 - village gate; surname
• 王 - king, ruler; royal; surname
• 好 - good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
• 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
• 鬼 - ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
• 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells

Traditional characters:

• 閻 - village gate; surname
• 王 - king, ruler; royal; surname
• 好 - good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
• 見 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
• 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
• 鬼 - ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
• 難 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells