拼音：nìng wéi jī kǒu，wù wéi niú hòu
注音：ㄋㄧㄥˋㄨㄟˊㄐㄧㄨㄟˊㄋㄧㄡˊㄏㄡˋ
解释：宁：宁愿；牛后：牛的肛门。宁愿做小而洁的鸡嘴，而不愿做大而臭的牛肛门。比喻宁居小者之首，不为大者之后。
出处：清·名教中人《好逑传》第二回：“生员虽贫士也，语云，‘宁为鸡口，勿为牛后。’岂有圣门弟子，贪纨袴之膏粱，而乱朝廷之名教者乎！”
英语：Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a dragon.
Ning: prefer; Queen of the ox: the anus of the ox. I'd rather be a small and clean chicken mouth than a big and smelly cow anus. The metaphor is that it is better to be first among the small than behind the big.
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