百里挑一
bǎi​lǐ​tiāo​yī

one in a hundred

  • created sense approved 百里挑一/百裡挑一 · bǎi​lǐ​tiāo​yī · one in a hundred — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百里挑一 / 百裡挑一

    bǎi​lǐ​tiāo​yī

    one in a hundred

    one in a hundred; the cream of the crop; used to describe people or things that are exceptionally outstanding or rare

    百 (literal) → 百 · bǎi · hundred 里 (literal) → 里/裡 · lǐ · inside 挑 (literal) → 挑 · tiāo · to choose 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one

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

    created sense