Better be a chicken than a cow(nìng wéi jī kǒu，bù wéi niú hòu)

Better be a chicken than a cow

Better be a rooster than a cow. This Chinese idiom refers to "rather be independent in a small situation than be dominated by others in a big situation".

Hind cow: the anus of a cow. I would rather be a small and clean chicken mouth than a big and smelly cow anus. It is better to be independent where the situation is small than to be dominated by others where the situation is big. In Han ceyi, the policy of the Warring States period, the minister said, "better be a chicken than a cow." Why is it different from the empress of the ox that the king is now in charge of the Qin Dynasty in the west? " (example) as the saying goes, "~", the king's virtuous, with strong Korean soldiers, and the name of "empress cow", I am ashamed of stealing. The 90th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : nìng wéi jī kǒu，bù wéi niú hòu