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鹤立鸡群

hè lì jī qúndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) / way above the common / manifestly superior
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-66d47631761cfcc1. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鶴立雞群 鹤立鸡群 [he4 li4 ji1 qun2] /a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common/manifestly superior/

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Other forms in these source records: 鶴立雞群

  • 鹤
    hè

    crane

  • 立
    lì

    to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately

    Lì

    surname Li

  • 鸡
    jī

    fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhī] / (slang) prostitute

  • 群
    qún

    group / crowd / flock, herd, pack etc

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.