一人之下，万人之上。 Any similiar idiom in English?
Is there any idiom to describe "一人之下，万人之上" in English?
一人之下，万人之上：original meaning is a person has great power in ancient China, who was only subumitted to the emperor while overtop millions of people.
Thanks for your help in advance.

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一人之下，万人之上。 Any similiar idiom in English? 
Is there any idiom to describe "一人之下，万人之上" in English? 
一人之下，万人之上：original meaning is a person has great power in ancient China, who was only subumitted to the emperor while overtop millions of people. 
Thanks for your help in advance.

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There's an idiom in English that goes "second to none".
I guess you can take that and tweak it a bit and say "only second to one person/the emperor", which by definition conveys the idea of being above thousands of other people.

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