高 明 gāo míng brilliant / superior / tall and bright 优 越 yōu yuè superior / superiority 上 司 shàng si boss / superior 上 官 shàng guān high-ranking official / superior 优 胜 yōu shèng winning / superior 高 人 一 等 gāo rén yī děng a cut above others / superior 优 等 yōu děng first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior 优 excellent / superior 秀 handsome / refined / elegant / graceful / superior / show (loanword) / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of crops) to produce ears 优 化 yōu huà optimization / to optimize / to make superior 高 档 gāo dàng superior quality / high grade / top grade 精 良 jīng liáng excellent / of superior quality 批 示 pī shì to write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate / written comments from a superior 拜 见 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior 磕 头 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) 告 状 gào zhuàng to tell on sb / to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) / to bring a lawsuit 足 下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot 叩 头 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] 谢 恩 xiè ēn to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official) 顶 头 上 司 dǐng tóu shàng si one's immediate superior 乔 迁 qiáo qiān to move (to a superior place) / promotion 青 出 于 蓝 qīng chū yú lán lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master / same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 胜 似 shèng sì to surpass / better than / superior to 鹤 立 鸡 群 hè lì jī qún a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) / way above the common / manifestly superior 拳 头 产 品 quán tou chǎn pǐn competitive product / superior goods / with real punch 退 避 三 舍 tuì bì sān shè lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom) / fig. to give way in the face of superior strength / a strategic withdrawal 尊 卑 zūn bēi superior and subordinate / social ranking 回 禀 huí bǐng to report back to one's superior 尊 长 zūn zhǎng one's superior / one's elders and betters 不 买 账 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang) 超 等 chāo děng superior grade 买 帐 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it 卓 识 zhuó shí superior judgment / sagacity 胜 victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) 赛 to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel 奉 to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) 呈 to present to a superior / memorial / petition / to present (a certain appearance) / to assume (a shape) / to be (a certain color) 讳 to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior 弑 to murder a superior / to murder one's parent 受 宠 若 惊 shòu chǒng ruò jīng overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.) 天 兵 天 将 tiān bīng tiān jiàng celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces 男 尊 女 卑 nán zūn nu:3 bēi to regard men as superior to women (idiom) 更 胜 gèng shèng to be even better than / to be superior to 彊 strong / superior 苏 必 利 尔 湖 Sū bì lì ěr Hú Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 条 陈 tiáo chén to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior 泣 谏 qì jiàn to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity 青 出 于 蓝 ， 而 胜 于 蓝 qīng chū yú lán , ér shèng yú lán lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master 比 下 去 bǐ xià qù to defeat / to be superior to 听 君 一 席 话 ， 胜 读 十 年 书 tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb) 讽 谏 fěng jiàn (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully 郡 望 jùn wàng choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a choronym-surname combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1 li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1 li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].) 唱 黑 脸 chàng hēi liǎn to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc) 瘦 死 的 骆 驼 比 马 大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people 更 胜 一 筹 gèng shèng yī chóu superior by a notch / a cut above / even better
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