翘居群首
qiáo jū qún shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

翘居群首
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qiáo jū qún shǒu
  1. head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
  2. outstanding

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
qún
  1. 1 variant of 群[qún]
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
rén qún
  1. 1 crowd
tóng jū
  1. 1 to live together
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect
jiā jū
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 residence
  3. 3 to stay at home (unemployed)
  1. 1 surname Ju
jū zhù
  1. 1 to reside
  2. 2 to dwell
  3. 3 to live in a place
  4. 4 resident in
jū duō
  1. 1 to be in the majority
jū shì
  1. 1 room
  2. 2 apartment
jū jiā
  1. 1 to live at home
  2. 2 to stay at home
  3. 3 home (schooling etc)
  4. 4 in-home (care etc)
  5. 5 household (repairs etc)
  6. 6 living (environment etc)
jū mín
  1. 1 resident
  2. 2 inhabitant
Jū lǐ Fū ren
  1. 1 see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[Jū lǐ Fū ren]
Zhāng Jū zhèng
  1. 1 Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups
  2. 2 large numbers of
  3. 3 grouping
gù jū
  1. 1 former residence
áng shǒu
  1. 1 head high
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
bǎng shǒu
  1. 1 top of the list

Idioms (20)

三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
傲视群伦
ào shì qún lún
  1. 1 outstanding talent (idiom)
  2. 2 incomparable artistic merit
  3. 3 accomplishment out of the ordinary
功成不居
gōng chéng bù jū
  1. 1 not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
卓乎不群
zhuó hū bù qún
  1. 1 standing out from the common crowd (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 preeminent
卓尔不群
zhuó ěr bù qún
  1. 1 standing above the common crowd (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 excellent and unrivaled
安居乐业
ān jū lè yè
  1. 1 to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
害群之马
hài qún zhī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. troublemaker
  3. 3 black sheep
  4. 4 rotten apple
居功自傲
jū gōng zì ào
  1. 1 satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
居安思危
jū ān sī wēi
  1. 1 to think of danger in times of safety
  2. 2 to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
居心不良
jū xīn bù liáng
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
居心叵测
jū xīn pǒ cè
  1. 1 harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
居无定所
jū wú dìng suǒ
  1. 1 to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
居高临下
jū gāo lín xià
  1. 1 to live high and look down (idiom)
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to tower above
  4. 4 to occupy the high ground
  5. 5 fig. arrogance based on one's social position
后来居上
hòu lái jū shàng
  1. 1 lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation
  2. 2 the pupil surpasses the master
成群结队
chéng qún jié duì
  1. 1 making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers
  2. 2 as a large crowd
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
敬业乐群
jìng yè lè qún
  1. 1 diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues

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