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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 独占鳌头
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 独占鳌头 | dú zhàn - aó tóu | - (idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 56,088 | 44,527 | 55,342 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 独 | dú | - alone - independent - single - sole - only |
| 占 | zhān | - to observe - to divine |
| 占 | zhàn | - to take possession of - to occupy - to take up |
| 占 | zhàn | - variant of 占[zhan4] |
| 鳌 | aó | - mythological sea turtle |
| 鳌 | aó | - variant of 鰲|鳌[ao2] |
| 头 | tóu | - head - hair style - the top - end - beginning or end - a stub - remnant - chief - boss - side - aspect - first - leading - classifier for pigs or livestock - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 头 | tou | - suffix for nouns |
Other Words Containing 独占鳌头
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 独占鳌头 | - | - | 56,088 | 44,527 | 55,342 |