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占鳌头
zhàn'áo​tóu

to come out first

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

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.

References

synonym 占鳌头/占鰲頭 → 独占鳌头/獨占鰲頭
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