阎王好见，小鬼难当 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

阎 yán village gate; surname
王 wáng
HSK 5
king, ruler; royal; surname
好 hǎo
HSK 1
good, excellent, fine; well
见 jiàn
HSK 1
see, observe, behold; perceive
小 xiǎo
HSK 1
small, tiny, insignificant
鬼 guǐ
HSK 5
ghost; spirit of dead; devil
难 nán
HSK 3
difficult, arduous, hard; unable
当 dāng
HSK 3
bear, accept, undertake; just