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别树一帜

bié shù yī zhì

4-character word Traditional 別樹一幟

What 别树一帜 means

1. lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
2. to stand out
3. to develop one's own school
4. to have attitude of one's own

The characters in 别树一帜

• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 帜zhìflag