独秀
dú xiù
Pinyin

Definition

独秀
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dú xiù
  1. to surpass
  2. to stand above the crowd

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yōu xiù
  1. 1 outstanding
  2. 2 excellent
xiù
  1. 1 handsome
  2. 2 refined
  3. 3 elegant
  4. 4 graceful
  5. 5 superior
  6. 6 show (loanword)
  7. 7 CL:場|场[cháng]
  8. 8 (literary) to grow
  9. 9 to bloom
  10. 10 (of crops) to produce ears
zuò xiù
  1. 1 to show off (loanword, from English "show")
  2. 2 to grandstand
  3. 3 to perform in a stage show
jùn xiù
  1. 1 well-favored
  2. 2 elegant
  3. 3 pretty
qīng xiù
  1. 1 delicate and pretty
xiù cai
  1. 1 a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
  2. 2 scholar
  3. 3 skillful writer
  4. 4 fine talent
xiù qi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 graceful
xiù měi
  1. 1 elegant
  2. 2 graceful
xiù fà
  1. 1 beautiful hair
xiù lì
  1. 1 pretty
  2. 2 beautiful
tuō kǒu xiù
  1. 1 (loanword) talk show
  2. 2 stand-up comedy
zǒu xiù
  1. 1 a fashion show
  2. 2 to walk the runway (in a fashion show)
Yuè xiù qū
  1. 1 Yuexiu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
xuǎn xiù
  1. 1 to select talented individuals
  2. 2 (sports) draft
yī zhī dú xiù
  1. 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
  3. 3 outstanding
juān xiù
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 graceful
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
hòu qǐ zhī xiù
  1. 1 an up-and-coming youngster
  2. 2 new talent
  3. 3 a brilliant younger generation
shí zhuāng xiù
  1. 1 fashion show

Idioms (8)

一枝独秀
yī zhī dú xiù
  1. 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
  3. 3 outstanding
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
秀外慧中
xiù wài huì zhōng
  1. 1 good-looking and intelligent (idiom)
秀才不出门,全知天下事
xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì
  1. 1 a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
秀才不出门,能知天下事
xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì
  1. 1 a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
秀色可餐
xiù sè kě cān
  1. 1 a feast for the eyes (idiom)
  2. 2 (of women) gorgeous
  3. 3 graceful
  4. 4 (of scenery) beautiful
秀发垂肩
xiù fà chuí jiān
  1. 1 beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)

Sample Sentences

嗯,其实五四不只是传统意义上的学生运动,更是思想政治和文化领域的革命。它在中国的地位相当于西方的“文艺复兴”在历史上的位置。比如在文化方面,由北大教授胡适、陈独秀等人主导掀起了新文化运动。
ng4 ,qíshí Wǔsì bù zhǐshì chuántǒng yìyì shàng de xuésheng yùndòng ,gèng shì sīxiǎng zhèngzhì hé wénhuà lǐngyù de gémìng 。tā zài Zhōngguó de dìwèi xiāngdāngyú xīfāng de “wényìfùxīng ”zài lìshǐ shàng de wèizhi 。bǐrú zài wénhuà fāngmiàn ,yóu Běidà jiàoshòu Hú Shì 、Chén Dúxiù děng rén zhǔdǎo xiānqǐ le xīnwénhuà yùndòng 。
Yes. Actually the May Fourth Movement was not simply a student movement in the traditional sense. It was more of a revolution of political and cultural ideology. Its position in Chinese history is equivalent to the “Renaissance” in the Western world. For example, on the cultural side of things, Peking University professors, Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu, started the New Culture Movement.