寧為雞頭,不做鳳尾

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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) / 雞頭/鷄頭
simp. (宁为鸡头,不做凤尾) 鸡头

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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