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首屈一指

shǒu qū yī zhǐ

4-character word

What 首屈一指 means

1. to count as number one (idiom); second to none
2. outstanding

The characters in 首屈一指

• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to

Example sentences

• 山田的英语在他的班上是首屈一指的。
  Shāntián de Yīngyǔ zài tā de bānshàng shì shǒuqūyīzhǐ de.
  Yamada is second to none in English in his class.