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山中无老虎，猴子称大王

shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng

11-character word Traditional 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王

What 山中无老虎，猴子称大王 means

1. in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)
2. (depending on the source, the last word is either {大王|dà wáng} or {大王|dài wang})

The characters in 山中无老虎，猴子称大王

• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 虎hǔtiger
• 猴hóumonkey
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 称chēngto weigh; to state; to name
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand

Example sentences

• 我听说经理的妻子出去度假了。这时就是山中无老虎，猴子称大王了。现在经理他夜夜笙箫。
  Wǒ tīngshuō jīnglǐ de qīzi chūqù dùjià le. zhèshí jiùshì shānzhōngwúlǎohǔ, hóuzichēngdàiwang le. xiànzài jīnglǐ tā yèyè shēngxiāo.
  I heard the manager's wife is on vacation. And, well, when the cat's away, the mice play. Now he's out partying every night.