出类拔萃

Traditional form:

出類拔萃

Pinyin (reading):

chūlèibácuì

Definitions:

• to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
• preeminent
• outstanding

Characters:

• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 类 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
• 萃 - grassy; thick, dense, close; to gather, to assemble

Traditional characters:

• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 類 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
• 萃 - grassy; thick, dense, close; to gather, to assemble