"百裡挑一" meaning in 漢語

See 百裡挑一 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /paːk̚³ lɵy̯¹³ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 百里挑一 [Simplified-Chinese], 百裏挑一 [Traditional-Chinese]
  1. 極為優秀、難得的人或物 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-百裡挑一-zh-phrase-1mekXKIX Categories (other): 有引文的官話詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 官話成語, 官話詞元, 帶「一」的漢語詞, 帶「挑」的漢語詞, 帶「百」的漢語詞, 帶「裡」的漢語詞, 有1個詞條的頁面, 有國際音標的漢語詞, 有詞條的頁面, 漢語成語, 漢語詞元, 粵語成語, 粵語詞元
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
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      "name": "帶「挑」的漢語詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「百」的漢語詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「裡」的漢語詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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      "form": "百里挑一",
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      "form": "百裏挑一",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "一百個當中挑選一個",
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          "ref": "曹雪芹，《紅樓夢》，公元18世紀中葉",
          "roman": "Gūyé niánjì lüè dà le jǐsuì, bìng méiyǒu qǔ guò de, kuàngqiě rénwùr zhǎng de shì bǎilǐtiǎoyī de.",
          "tags": [
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            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
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          "text": "姑爺年紀略大了幾歲，並沒有娶過的，況且人物兒長的是百裡挑一的。"
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          "roman": "Gūyé niánjì lüè dà le jǐsuì, bìng méiyǒu qǔ guò de, kuàngqiě rénwùr zhǎng de shì bǎilǐtiǎoyī de.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "姑爷年纪略大了几岁，并没有娶过的，况且人物儿长的是百里挑一的。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "極為優秀、難得的人或物"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǎilǐtiāoyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak³ leoi⁵ tiu¹ jat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǎilǐtiāoyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báilǐtiāoyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǎilǐtiaoyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai³-li³-tʻiao¹-i¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǎi-lǐ-tyāu-yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baeliitiaui"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bajlitjaoi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байлитяои"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak³ leoi⁵ tiu¹ jat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak léuih tīu yāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak⁸ loey⁵ tiu¹ jat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bag³ lêu⁵ tiu¹ yed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːk̚³ lɵy̯¹³ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "百裡挑一"
}

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    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「一」的漢語詞",
    "帶「挑」的漢語詞",
    "帶「百」的漢語詞",
    "帶「裡」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "百里挑一",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "百裏挑一",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "一百個當中挑選一個",
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              92
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              25,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "曹雪芹，《紅樓夢》，公元18世紀中葉",
          "roman": "Gūyé niánjì lüè dà le jǐsuì, bìng méiyǒu qǔ guò de, kuàngqiě rénwùr zhǎng de shì bǎilǐtiǎoyī de.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "姑爺年紀略大了幾歲，並沒有娶過的，況且人物兒長的是百裡挑一的。"
        },
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              81,
              92
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              25,
              29
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          "ref": "曹雪芹，《紅樓夢》，公元18世紀中葉",
          "roman": "Gūyé niánjì lüè dà le jǐsuì, bìng méiyǒu qǔ guò de, kuàngqiě rénwùr zhǎng de shì bǎilǐtiǎoyī de.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "姑爷年纪略大了几岁，并没有娶过的，况且人物儿长的是百里挑一的。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "極為優秀、難得的人或物"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǎilǐtiāoyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak³ leoi⁵ tiu¹ jat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǎilǐtiāoyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "báilǐtiāoyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǎilǐtiaoyi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai³-li³-tʻiao¹-i¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bǎi-lǐ-tyāu-yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baeliitiaui"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bajlitjaoi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байлитяои"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak³ leoi⁵ tiu¹ jat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak léuih tīu yāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baak⁸ loey⁵ tiu¹ jat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bag³ lêu⁵ tiu¹ yed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːk̚³ lɵy̯¹³ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "百裡挑一"
}

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