Entry
一yī枝zhī独dú秀xiù

  1. lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom); fig. to be in a league of one's own; outstanding

    trad. 一枝獨秀

Also written 一枝獨秀【yī zhī dú xiù】

Characters in this word

4
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Pinyin
yī
Strokes
1
Frequency
158 of 2500
Words starting with 一Words ending in 一Anywhere in a word
秀
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(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful, (bound form) superior; excellent, (loanword) show (as in 時裝秀|时装秀[shi2 zhuang1 xiu4]), (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀廚藝|秀厨艺[xiu4 chu2 yi4]), (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

Pinyin
xiù
Strokes
7
Frequency
4692 of 2500
Words starting with 秀Words ending in 秀Anywhere in a word