阎王好见，小鬼难当

yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng

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

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Child Words of 阎王好见，小鬼难当

• 鬼 鬼 guǐ: clever
• 当 当 dāng: (onom.) dong
• 好 好 hǎo: good
• 好 好 hào: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
• 小 小 xiǎo: small
• 王 王 wáng: king or monarch
• 王 王 wàng: to rule
• 当 当 dàng: at or in the very same...
• 见 见 jiàn: to see
• 见 见 xiàn: to appear
• 阎王 阎王 yán wáng: same as 閻羅王|阎罗王
• 难 难 nán: difficult (to...)
• 难 难 nàn: disaster
• 小鬼 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ: little demon (term of endearment for a child)
• 难当 难当 nán dāng: hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc)