Later on, as Old Deng's popularity waned, people said things like "we'd rather have Little Teng than Old Deng." (Teresa's surname is the same as Xiaoping's, though she used a different romanized form.) One expression even had it, "By day, Deng Xiaoping rules mainland China. But by night, Teresa Teng rules!"
而後遂有「不要老鄧要小鄧」、「老鄧不如小鄧」、「鄧小平在白天統治大陸，鄧麗君在晚上統治大陸」之說。