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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 百里挑一
[bǎilǐtiāoyī]
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1.
从一百个里面才挑出一个来。形容极为出众。
Examples
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百里挑一的美人
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an exceptional beauty
→ 百里挑一
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这些都是百里挑一的高手。
→ 百里挑一
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这小伙儿真是百里挑一。
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This lad is really one in a hundred.
→ 百里挑一
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百里挑一。
→ 挑
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one among thousands
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百里挑一的人,罕见(或优异)的人,出类拔萃的人
→ among
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Word Decomposition
百
[bǎi]
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+ |
里
[lǐ]
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+ |
挑
[tiāo]
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+ |
一
[yī]
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