"Leading light" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 状元 | zhuàng yuán | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light |   |
| 大牛 | dà niú | (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini | |
| 元勋 | yuán xūn | leading light / founding father / principal proponent | |
| 当世之冠 | dāng shì zhī guàn | the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light | |
| 当世冠 | dāng shì guàn | the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light | |
| 山斗 | shān dòu | leading light (of a generation etc) / (honorific appellation) | |
| 牛人 | niú rén | (coll.) leading light / true expert / badass | |
