山中无老虎，猴子称大王

shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng

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1. in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)
2. (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王dà wáng or 大王dài wang)

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Child Words of 山中无老虎，猴子称大王

• 中 中 zhōng: within
• 中 中 zhòng: to hit (the mark)
• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 子 子 zǐ: son
• 山 山 shān: mountain; hill
• 无 无 wú: not to have
• 猴 猴 hóu: monkey
• 猴子 猴子 hóu zi: monkey
• 王 王 wáng: king or monarch
• 王 王 wàng: to rule
• 称 称 chèn: to fit
• 称 称 chēng: to weigh
• 老虎 老虎 lǎo hǔ: tiger
• 虎 虎 hǔ: tiger
• 大王 大王 dà wáng: king
• 大王 大王 dài wang: magnate
• 老 老 lǎo: prefix 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