better to lead in a small position than to take a back seat under a great leader
Jishenniucong, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī sh ī Ni ú C ó ng. It comes from Han CE.
The source of the idiom is "Han ce of the Warring States period": "when I heard the despicable words, I said," better be a chicken's mouth than a cow's back. "
better to lead in a small position than to take a back seat under a great leader
talk till one's tongue and lips are parched - chún jiāo shé bì
search for the origin and the outcome of the development of things - yuán shǐ fǎn zhōng