山中无老虎,猴子称大王

shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng

in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)

(depending on the source, the last word is either 大王[da4 wang2] or 大王[dai4 wang5])

shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])

zhōng

(bound form) China; Chinese

not to have

lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity

tiger

,

hóu

monkey

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

chēng

to weigh

big; large; great

wáng

king or monarch