老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头 in English lao3 shu3 tuo1 mu4 xian1 , da4 tou2 zai4 hou4 tou5 Meaning

Meanings

• when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second
• the tip of the iceberg
• the cockroach principle

Pinyin

lao3 shu3 tuo1 mu4 xian1 , da4 tou2 zai4 hou4 tou5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

老lao3prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 鼠shu3rat 拖tuo1variant of 拖[tuo1] 木mu4surname Mu 锨xian1shovel ， 大da4big 头tou2head 在zai4(located) at 后hou4surname Hou 头tou2head