Strong dragon doesn't beat local snake(qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé)

Strong dragon doesn't beat local snake

Although the metaphor is powerful, it can not suppress the local forces.

essential information

Chapter 45 of journey to the West: "you are so self respecting that you don't want me to be a monk in a distant hometown - well, it's just" the Dragon doesn't press the snake. " Kong Shangren of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the Peach Blossom Fan: since the ancient times, "a strong dragon does not oppress a local snake." he has a heart between his lips, teeth, elbows and arms. Sooner or later, how can he guard against it Yao xueyin's "Li Zicheng" Volume I Chapter 24: "now the dragon is trapped in the beach, even the little thief dares to bully us! What can I say? It's called "the strong dragon doesn't oppress the local snake!" Chapter 45 of a journey to the West written by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "you are so self respecting that you don't want me to be a monk in a distant hometown. Well, it's just that the strong dragon doesn't oppress the local snake." It is difficult for the powerful to deal with the local forces. Yao xueyin, Li Zicheng, Vol.1, Chapter 24: "what can I say? It's called "the strong dragon doesn't oppress the local snake!"

words whose meaning is similar

The dragon does not fight the snake

antonym

give tit for tat

English translation

Onewithgreatpowercannotdefeatalocalvillain.

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: it means that the powerful are hard to deal with the local forces. Example of idiom: Chapter 24, Volume I of Li Zicheng by Yao xueyin: "what can I say? It's called "the strong dragon doesn't oppress the local snake!" Common degree: common emotional color: commendatory words; grammatical usage: as predicate and object; metaphor: powerful people are hard to deal with the local power; idiom structure: complex sentence form generation time: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé