压倒元白 yādǎoyuánbái to surpass famous writers
To surpass the most famous writers of the time in literary quality; originally referring to a poem by [[杨汝士|楊汝士|yang2 ru3 shi4]] that was judged superior to those of [[元稹|元稹|yuan2 zhen3]] and [[白居易|白居易|bai2 ju1 yi4]]