大树底下好乘凉

大樹底下好乘涼
dàshùdǐxiàhǎochéngliáng
  1. lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
  2. fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 大树 dàshù
  1. (～區) Dashu (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  2. (～鎮) Dashu (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
  3. Dashu (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  4. Dashu (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 大, 樹 /树 (shù): big tree
2 底下 dǐxia
  1. the location below sth
  2. afterwards
3 好 hǎo
  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello
4 乘凉 chéngliáng to cool off in the shade