鹤立鸡群 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• a crane in a flock of chicken ; way above the common
• manifestly superior

Character by character

• 鹤hècrane; Grus species (various)
• 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
• 鸡jīchicken
• 群qúngroup, crowd; multitude, mob

Idioms sharing a character

• 一琴一鹤 yī qín yī hè
• 杳如黄鹤 yǎo rú huáng hè
• 槛花笼鹤 jiàn huā lóng hè
• 闲云野鹤 xián yún yě hè
• 风声鹤唳 fēng shēng hè lì
• 驾鹤西去 jià hè xī qù
• 三足鼎立 sān zú dǐng lì
• 亭亭玉立 tíng tíng yù lì
• 势不两立 shì bù liǎng lì
• 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì

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