首屈一指 — Chinese idiom
首屈一指
shǒu qū yī zhǐ
Meaning
- to count as number one ; second to none
- outstanding
Character by character
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
- 屈qūto bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
Idioms sharing a character
- 低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn
- 俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
- 俯首称臣 fǔ shǒu chēng chén
- 搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài
- 昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
- 昂首阔步 áng shǒu kuò bù
- 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi
- 痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu
- 白首齐眉 bái shǒu qí méi
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