閻王好見，小鬼難當 yán wáng hǎo jiàn ， xiǎo guǐ nán dāng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

閻 yán village gate; surname
王 wáng
HSK 5
king, ruler; royal; surname
好 hǎo
HSK 1
good, excellent, fine; well
見 jiàn see, observe, behold; perceive
小 xiǎo
HSK 1
small, tiny, insignificant
鬼 guǐ
HSK 5
ghost; spirit of dead; devil
難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable
當 dāng bear, accept, undertake; just