占鰲頭
zhàn'áo​tóu

to come out first

  • created reference approved 占鳌头/占鰲頭 → 独占鳌头/獨占鰲頭 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    占鳌头 / 占鰲頭 zhàn'áo​tóu

    独占鳌头 / 獨占鰲頭 dú​zhàn'áo​tóu

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 占鳌头/占鰲頭 · zhàn'áo​tóu · to come out first — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    占鳌头 / 占鰲頭

    zhàn'áo​tóu

    to come out first

    To win first place; to tower above the rest in a competition or examination; originally referred to coming first in the imperial examinations.

    占, 鳌头

    占 (literal) → 占 · zhàn · to occupy 鳌头 (literal) → 鳌头/鰲頭 · áo​tóu · first place

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense