大树底下好乘凉

1. • lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
2. • fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person

Character by character

• 大(dà)big
• 树(shù)tree
• 底(dǐ)bottom
• 下(xià)down
• 好(hǎo)good
• 乘(chéng)surname Cheng
• 凉(liáng)the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 nánliáng (397-414), Western Liang 西凉