"首屈一指" meaning in Chinese

{
  "etymology_text": "In Chinese culture, one common method of counting is to begin with an open hand, then begin folding the fingers into the palm starting with the thumb.",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "the first bent finger",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Not only is this a first for Chengdu in terms of sharing help information over the net, it is the first in the country.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2006: anon., www.chinainfo.gov.cn",
          "roman": "Kāitōng wǎnglù gòngxiǎng jiùzhù xùnxī, zhè yī zuòfǎ bùjǐn zài Chéngdū shàng shǔ shǒucì, zài quánguó yě shì shǒuqūyīzhǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "開通網路共享救助訊息，這一做法不僅在成都尚屬首次，在全國也是首屈一指。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Not only is this a first for Chengdu in terms of sharing help information over the net, it is the first in the country.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2006: anon., www.chinainfo.gov.cn",
          "roman": "Kāitōng wǎnglù gòngxiǎng jiùzhù xùnxī, zhè yī zuòfǎ bùjǐn zài Chéngdū shàng shǔ shǒucì, zài quánguó yě shì shǒuqūyīzhǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "开通网路共享救助讯息，这一做法不仅在成都尚属首次，在全国也是首屈一指。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first"
      ],
      "id": "en-首屈一指-zh-phrase-p5N7ZLjK",
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The silver jewelry of the Hmong people comes in first place out of all of ethnic jewelry.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " undated: anon., www.ccnt.com.cn",
          "roman": "miáozú de yín shì zài gè mínzú de shǒushì zhōng shǒuqūyīzhǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "苗族的銀飾在各民族的首飾中首屈一指",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The silver jewelry of the Hmong people comes in first place out of all of ethnic jewelry.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " undated: anon., www.ccnt.com.cn",
          "roman": "miáozú de yín shì zài gè mínzú de shǒushì zhōng shǒuqūyīzhǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "苗族的银饰在各民族的首饰中首屈一指",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "number one; come first on the list; be matchless; be second to none; come out first; thumbs up"
      ],
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        [
          "number one",
          "number one"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "list",
          "list"
        ],
        [
          "matchless",
          "matchless"
        ],
        [
          "second to none",
          "second to none"
        ],
        [
          "thumbs up",
          "thumbs up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒuqūyīzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩ ㄧ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² wat¹ jat¹ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒuqūyīzhǐ [Phonetic:shǒuqūyìzhǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒucyuyijhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shou³-chʻü¹-i¹-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒu-chyū-yī-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shoouchiuijyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шоуцюйичжи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šoucjujičži"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáu wāt yāt jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² wat⁷ jat⁷ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo² wed¹ yed¹ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ wɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shǒuqūyìzhǐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ wɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "首屈一指"
}

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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 屈",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 指",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 首",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "In Chinese culture, one common method of counting is to begin with an open hand, then begin folding the fingers into the palm starting with the thumb.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      "expansion": "首屈一指",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "the first bent finger",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Not only is this a first for Chengdu in terms of sharing help information over the net, it is the first in the country.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2006: anon., www.chinainfo.gov.cn",
          "roman": "Kāitōng wǎnglù gòngxiǎng jiùzhù xùnxī, zhè yī zuòfǎ bùjǐn zài Chéngdū shàng shǔ shǒucì, zài quánguó yě shì shǒuqūyīzhǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "開通網路共享救助訊息，這一做法不僅在成都尚屬首次，在全國也是首屈一指。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Not only is this a first for Chengdu in terms of sharing help information over the net, it is the first in the country.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2006: anon., www.chinainfo.gov.cn",
          "roman": "Kāitōng wǎnglù gòngxiǎng jiùzhù xùnxī, zhè yī zuòfǎ bùjǐn zài Chéngdū shàng shǔ shǒucì, zài quánguó yě shì shǒuqūyīzhǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "开通网路共享救助讯息，这一做法不仅在成都尚属首次，在全国也是首屈一指。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first"
      ],
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        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The silver jewelry of the Hmong people comes in first place out of all of ethnic jewelry.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " undated: anon., www.ccnt.com.cn",
          "roman": "miáozú de yín shì zài gè mínzú de shǒushì zhōng shǒuqūyīzhǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "苗族的銀飾在各民族的首飾中首屈一指",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The silver jewelry of the Hmong people comes in first place out of all of ethnic jewelry.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " undated: anon., www.ccnt.com.cn",
          "roman": "miáozú de yín shì zài gè mínzú de shǒushì zhōng shǒuqūyīzhǐ",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "苗族的银饰在各民族的首饰中首屈一指",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "number one; come first on the list; be matchless; be second to none; come out first; thumbs up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "number one",
          "number one"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "list",
          "list"
        ],
        [
          "matchless",
          "matchless"
        ],
        [
          "second to none",
          "second to none"
        ],
        [
          "thumbs up",
          "thumbs up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒuqūyīzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩ ㄧ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² wat¹ jat¹ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒuqūyīzhǐ [Phonetic:shǒuqūyìzhǐ]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒucyuyijhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shou³-chʻü¹-i¹-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒu-chyū-yī-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shoouchiuijyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шоуцюйичжи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šoucjujičži"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáu wāt yāt jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² wat⁷ jat⁷ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo² wed¹ yed¹ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ wɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shǒuqūyìzhǐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ wɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "首屈一指"
}

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