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出类拔萃

chū lèi bá cuì

4-character word Traditional 出類拔萃

What 出类拔萃 means

1. to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
2. preeminent
3. outstanding

The characters in 出类拔萃

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense

Example sentences

• 出类拔萃！
  Outstanding!
• 他在班上出类拔萃。
  Tā zài bānshàng chūlèibácuì.
  He towers above the rest of the class.
• 玛丽是个平淡无奇的人，但是汤姆却认为她出类拔萃。
  Mǎlì shì gè píngdànwúqí de rén, dànshì Tāngmǔ què rènwéi tā chūlèibácuì.
  Mary is fairly plain, but Tom thinks she's the bee's knees.
• 虽然Luciano可能已经是出类拔萃，但他还是乳臭未干。
  Suīrán Luciano kěnéng yǐjīng shì chūlèibácuì, dàn tā háishi rǔxiùwèigān.
  Luciano might have the crowd behind him, but he's still wet behind the ears.