阎王好见，小鬼难当

yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng

lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)

阎

yán

(literary) the gate of a lane

王

wáng

king or monarch

好

hǎo

good

见

jiàn

to see

，

,

小

xiǎo

small

鬼

guǐ

disembodied spirit; ghost; devil

难

nán

difficult (to...)

当

dāng

to be