独占鳌头
dú​zhàn'áo​tóu

to be the champion

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

    独占鳌头 / 獨占鰲頭 dú​zhàn'áo​tóu

    状元 / 狀元 zhuàng​yuán

    see

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 独占鳌头/獨占鰲頭 · dú​zhàn'áo​tóu · to be the champion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    独占鳌头 / 獨占鰲頭

    dú​zhàn'áo​tóu

    to be the champion

    (idiom) to come out first; to be the very best in any field. Originally referred to the highest-ranking candidate in the imperial examinations standing on the stone turtle head outside the palace.

    獨佔鰲頭

    独占 (literal) → 独占/獨占 · dú​zhàn · to monopolize 鳌头 (literal) → 鳌头/鰲頭 · áo​tóu · first place

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

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