寧爲鷄頭，不做鳳尾

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 寧爲鷄頭，不做鳳尾 – see 寧為雞頭，不做鳳尾 (“to prefer to stand out from a mediocre crowd than to be a nobody among an exceptional crowd”). (This term is a variant traditional form of 寧為雞頭，不做鳳尾).