独树一帜 — Chinese idiom
独树一帜
dú shù yī zhì
Traditional: 獨樹一幟
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
- 独dúalone, independent, only, single, solitary
- 树shùtree; to plant; to set up, to establish
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 帜zhìflag, pennant, sign; to fasten
Idioms sharing a character
- 一枝独秀 yī zhī dú xiù
- 匠心独运 jiàng xīn dú yùn
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 孤独于世 gū dú yú shì
- 得天独厚 dé tiān dú hòu
- 民贼独夫 mín zéi dú fū
- 独一无二 dú yī wú èr
- 独来独往 dú lái dú wǎng
- 独具匠心 dú jù jiàng xīn
- 独具只眼 dú jù zhī yǎn
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