尖子
jiān zi
Pinyin
Definition
尖子
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- best of its kind
- cream of the crop
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 son
- 1 woman
- 2 female
- 1 wife and children
- 1 son
- 2 child
- 3 seed
- 4 egg
- 5 small thing
- 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
- 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
- 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- 1 child
Idioms (20)
一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
- 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
- 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
- 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
- 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
- 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
- 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
- 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
Sample Sentences
如若听说一个孩子在重点学校、尖子班,班主任抓的严,或者孩子自加压力,主动要求上各种辅导班,其它家长的反应都是满满地对别人家孩子的羡慕和赞叹,好像一眼就看到了这位刻苦学习的好孩子用时间兑换出了光辉灿烂的未来。
If one hears that a child is in an "elite school", an "elite class", their homeroom teacher is "strict", or that the child is putting undue stress on himself/herself by taking additional classes, other parents usually respond with full-hearted compliments to this "other people's child", as if already seeing with a glance the bright future this good, hard-working kid is exchanging for his/her childhood.
听说有高二的尖子生,也有高等院校的大学生,大多来自农村,都是为了许诺的“巨款”铤而走险的。
I've heard that they are top students from second year, and also university students from institutes of higher learning. Most of them come from the country and all are willing to take a risk out of desperation for the promised "huge sum of money".
哇!尖子生就是不一样!
Wow! We are not in the same league!