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翹居群首

简翘居群首 · 繁翹居群首

Mandarin · pinyin qiáo jū qún shǒu

head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
outstanding

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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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