别树一旗 — Chinese idiom
别树一旗
bié shù yī qí
Traditional: 別樹一旗
Meaning
- lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree ; fig. to act as a loner
- to stand out
- to develop one's own school
- to have attitude of one's own
Character by character
- 别biéto separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave
- 树shùtree; to plant; to set up, to establish
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 旗qíbanner, flag, streamer
Idioms sharing a character
- 分门别类 fēn mén bié lèi
- 别出心裁 bié chū xīn cái
- 别有用心 bié yǒu yòng xīn
- 别树一帜 bié shù yī zhì
- 别无二致 bié wú èr zhì
- 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
- 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
- 天壤之别 tiān rǎng zhī bié
- 天差地别 tiān chā dì bié
- 移情别恋 yí qíng bié liàn
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