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执牛耳
zhí​niú'ěr

acknowledged leader

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执牛耳 (執牛耳) zhí​niú'ěr
acknowledged leader idiom
To be the acknowledged leader (from the ancient custom of a prince holding the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony).

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