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脱颖而出

tuō yǐng ér chū

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 脫穎而出

脱颖而出 (tuō yǐng ér chū) means "to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 脱颖而出 means

1. to reveal one's talent (idiom)
2. to rise above others; to distinguish oneself

The characters in 脱颖而出

• 脱tuōto shed; to take off; to escape
• 颖yǐnghead of grain; husk; tip
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield

Example sentences

• 身着西装，他脱颖而出。
  Wearing a suit, he stood out.
• 玛丽从大约500名申请者中脱颖而出。
  Mǎlì cóng dàyuē 500 míng shēnqǐng zhě zhōng tuōyǐng'érchū.
  Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants.

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