寧為雞頭，不做鳳尾

Chinese
peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
 
because of; for; to
because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
 chicken head; foxnut not; no to do; to make; to produce male fenghuang tail
trad. (寧為雞頭，不做鳳尾/寧爲鷄頭，不做鳳尾) 寧 為/爲 雞頭/鷄頭 ， 不 做 鳳 尾
simp. (宁为鸡头，不做凤尾) 宁 为 鸡头 ， 不 做 凤 尾

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nìng wéi jītóu, bù zuò fèngwěi
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧ ㄊㄡˊ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄨㄟˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: nìng wéi jītóu, bù zuò fèngwěi [Phonetic: nìng wéi jītóu, bú zuò fèngwěi]
      • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧ ㄊㄡˊ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄨㄟˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: nìng wéi jitóu, bù zuò fòngwěi
      • Wade–Giles: ning4 wei2 chi1-tʻou2, pu4 tso4 fêng4-wei3
      • Yale: nìng wéi jī-tóu-, bù dzwò fèng-wěi
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq wei jitour, bu tzuoh fenqwoei
      • Palladius: нин вэй цзитоу, бу цзо фэнвэй (nin vɛj czitou, bu czo fɛnvɛj)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /niŋ⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɤŋ⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

寧為雞頭，不做鳳尾

  1. to prefer to stand out from a mediocre crowd than to be a nobody among an exceptional crowd
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