Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

小鬼见魔王

English translation:

small fry compared to the big fish

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Sep 3, 2009 22:26
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Chinese term

小鬼见魔王

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各级党委及支部附着在通常的国家机构之上而拥有比行政机构更大的权力,从而控制着国家机器,掌握着国家的经济命脉。它可以直接从各级政府调用经费,堂而皇之地抢夺人民的财富,还美其名曰党的需要。一般的邪教敛财与共产党相比较,只能是小鬼见魔王。
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Sep 9, 2009 08:39: ProTranslator changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/84716">Wilman's</a> old entry - "小鬼见魔王"" to ""small fry compared to the big fish""

Proposed translations

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small fry compared to the big fish

Since the Chinese phrase is idiomatic, this could be translated in a similar fashion here.
Peer comment(s):

agree Daisy Zhu
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agree Michael Perkins : I agree on the need for an equivalent idiomatic translation. Another suggestion: "The hidden wealth accumulated by cults is a drop in the bucket when compared to that of the Communist Party."
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It's nothing; It's no big deal

一般的邪教敛财与共产党相比较,只能是小鬼见魔王。

surreptious wealth accumulated by regular evil cults is nothing or is not a big deal when compared to the communists.
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