頭角崢嶸
简 头角峥嵘 · 繁 頭角崢嶸Meanings
- promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts
Characters in this entry
- 頭
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 角
- jiǎo · horn; angle, corner; point; Kangxi radical 148; 1st lunar mansion, determinative star Spica
- 崢
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- 嶸
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- 头
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 峥
- zhēng · high, lofty, noble; steep, perilous
- 嵘
- róng · high, steep; lofty, towering
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Mandarin tones
2–3–1–2 · tou2 jiao3 zheng1 rong2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tau4 gok3 zaang1 wing4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) full of talent; brilliant and outstanding
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