棋高一着 — Chinese idiom
棋高一着
qí gāo yī zhāo
Traditional: 棋高一著
Meaning
- to be a step ahead of the opponent
- to outsmart one's opponent
Character by character
- 棋qíchess; any strategy game
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 着zhāoto make a move, to take action
Idioms sharing a character
- 星罗棋布 xīng luó qí bù
- 琴棋书画 qín qí shū huà
- 举棋不定 jǔ qí bù dìng
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
- 债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù
- 功高不赏 gōng gāo bù shǎng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 功高盖主 gōng gāo gài zhǔ
- 另请高明 lìng qǐng gāo míng
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