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头角峥嵘

tóu jiǎo zhēng róngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
promise of brilliant young person (idiom) / showing extraordinary gifts
Sources & editorial notes

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-7b32214be956c1d9. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

頭角崢嶸 头角峥嵘 [tou2 jiao3 zheng1 rong2] /promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 頭角崢嶸

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 角
    jiǎo

    angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[gè]

    jué

    role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale

    Jué

    surname Jue

  • 峥
    zhēng

    used in 崢嶸|峥嵘[zhēng róng]

  • 嵘
    róng

    used in 崢嶸|峥嵘[zhēng róng]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.