名列前茅 mínglièqiánmáo to be among the best Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 名列前茅 mínglièqiánmáo to be among the best To rank at the top; to be among the highest-ranked candidates. Originally referring to scouts who carried reed flags at the front of a marching army, it is now used to describe academic or competitive success. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.480 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 2.67 per million Cross-References Synonym 首屈一指 shǒuqūyīzhǐAntonym 榜上无名 bǎngshàngwúmíng名落孙山 míngluòsūnshān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
名列前茅 mínglièqiánmáo to be among the best To rank at the top; to be among the highest-ranked candidates. Originally referring to scouts who carried reed flags at the front of a marching army, it is now used to describe academic or competitive success. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.480 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 2.67 per million Cross-References Synonym 首屈一指 shǒuqūyīzhǐAntonym 榜上无名 bǎngshàngwúmíng名落孙山 míngluòsūnshān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
