鹤立鸡群

Traditional form:

鶴立雞群

Pinyin (reading):

hèlìjīqún

Definitions:

• a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
• manifestly superior

Characters:

• 鹤 - crane; Grus species (various)
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 鸡 - chicken
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob

Traditional characters:

• 鶴 - crane; Grus species (various)
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 雞 - chicken
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob