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鹤立鸡群

hè lì jī qún

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 鶴立雞群

鹤立鸡群 (hè lì jī qún) means "a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 鹤立鸡群 means

1. a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
2. manifestly superior

The characters in 鹤立鸡群

• 鹤hècrane
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 群qúngroup; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc

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