恶龙不斗地头蛇惡龍不鬥地頭蛇惡龍不鬥地頭蛇

even a fierce dragon doesn't fight the local snake

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Even a powerful outsider avoids confronting well-entrenched locals. Same sense as 强龙不压地头蛇.

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Simplified: 恶龙不斗地头蛇
Traditional (Taiwan): 惡龍不鬥地頭蛇
Pinyin: è lóng bú dòu dìtóushé
Bopomofo: ㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄡˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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