Word Of The Day - Better be a Head of dog than a tail of Lion

寧為犬首，不作獅尾

Nìng wéi quǎn shǒu, bùzuò shī wěi
宁为犬首，不作狮尾

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

[it is better to be the leader of a less prestigious group

than to be a subordinate in a more prestigious one]