池中無魚蝦自大

Chinese

		pond; reservoir	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	not have	fish	shrimp; prawn	self-important; arrogant; conceited
trad. (池中無魚蝦自大)		池	中	無	魚	蝦	自大
simp. (池中无鱼虾自大)		池	中	无	鱼	虾	自大
Literally: “when there is no fish in a pond, the shrimps will become arrogant”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chí zhōng wú yú xiā zìdà

(Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄓㄨㄥㄨˊ ㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄚㄗˋ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ zung¹ mou⁴ jyu⁴ haa¹ zi⁶ daai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chí zhōng wú yú xiā zìdà
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄓㄨㄥㄨˊ ㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄚㄗˋ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chíh jhong wú yú sia zìhdà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih² chung¹ wu² yü² hsia¹ tzŭ⁴-ta⁴
  - Yale: chŕ jūng wú yú syā dz̀-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr jong wu yu shia tzyhdah
  - Palladius: чи чжун у юй ся цзыда (či čžun u juj sja czyda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵⁻⁵⁵ y³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ zung¹ mou⁴ jyu⁴ haa¹ zi⁶ daai⁶
  - Yale: chìh jūng mòuh yùh hā jih daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ dzung¹ mou⁴ jy⁴ haa¹ dzi⁶ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ zung¹ mou⁴ yu⁴ ha¹ ji⁶ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ jyː²¹ haː⁵⁵ t͡siː²² taːi̯²²/

Proverb

池中無魚蝦自大

in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; when the cat's away the mice will play

Synonyms

池中無魚蝦為大／池中无鱼虾为大
山中無老虎，猴子稱大王／山中无老虎，猴子称大王 (shān zhōng wú lǎohǔ, hóuzi chēng dàwáng)

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