寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾

宁
寧
做
做
鸡
雞
头
頭
，
，
,
不
不
做
做
凤
鳳
尾
尾
lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond

Characters and words in 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾

宁
寧
níng = ni + (e)ng2
abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] / surname Ning
宁 = 丁 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.
宁
寧
níng = ni + (e)ng2
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
宁 = 丁 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.
宁
寧
nìng = ni + (e)ng4
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]
做
zuò = zu + o4
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
做 = 亻 + 故 : In observatory's bathroom, Zapatista Zebra uses the well in the middle of the room as an old tomb and throws a dead Rosa Luxemburg inside to hide her corpse.
做
做
鸡
雞
(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute
鸡
雞
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) prostitute
鸡 = 又 + 鸟 : Maud Younger (y) is going between a boxing (又) fight between a turkey (鸟) and a chicken (鸡) in front of the space station (Ø1).
头
頭
tóu = t + ou2
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
头 = ⺀ + 大 : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.
头
頭
tou = t + ou5
suffix for nouns
不
bù = bu + Ø4
(negative prefix) / not / no
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
凤
鳳
fèng = f + (e)ng4
surname Feng
凤 = 几 + 又 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is fighting against a phoenix (凤) in a boxing match (又). They are fighting under a small table (几) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) which serves as their boxing ring.
凤
鳳
fèng = f + (e)ng4
phoenix
凤 = 几 + 又 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is fighting against a phoenix (凤) in a boxing match (又). They are fighting under a small table (几) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) which serves as their boxing ring.
尾
wěi = w + ei3
tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish
尾 = 尸 + 毛 : Willy Walrus (w) knows that there is a ghost (尸) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3), but he cannot see it, so he set up a trap: he put a lot of sticky hair (毛) everywhere, and eventually the hair stuck to the ghost's tail (尾). Now that Willy Walrus can see where the ghost is he is able to drive it out.
尾
yǐ = y + Ø3
horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

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