翹居群首

简 翘居群首 · 繁 翹居群首
Mandarin · pinyin qiáo jū qún shǒu

Meanings

  1. head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
  2. outstanding
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翹
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居
jū · live, dwell, reside, sit
群
qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
首
shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
翘
qiào · turn up, lift, elevate, raise
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2–1–2–3 · qiao2 ju1 qun2 shou3

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翹居群首 · qiao2 ju1 qun2 shou3
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Exact source record翹居群首 翘居群首 [qiao2 ju1 qun2 shou3] /head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent/outstanding/