yā​dǎo​yuán​bái

to surpass famous writers

  • created sense approved 压倒元白/壓倒元白 · yā​dǎo​yuán​bái · to surpass famous writers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    压倒元白 / 壓倒元白

    yā​dǎo​yuán​bái

    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]]

    压倒 (literal) → 压倒/壓倒 · yā​dǎo · to overpower 元白 (literal) → 元白 · yuán​bái · Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi

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