阎王好见，小鬼难当 in English Yan2 wang2 hao3 jian4 , xiao3 gui3 nan2 dang1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

阎 王 好 见 ， 小 鬼 难 当

Traditional Characters

閻 王 好 見 ， 小 鬼 難 當

Pinyin

Yan2 wang2 hao3 jian4 , xiao3 gui3 nan2 dang1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

阎yan2Yama 王wang2surname Wang 好hao3good 见jian4to see ， 小xiao3small 鬼gui3ghost 难nan2difficult (to...) 当dang1(onom.) dong