rise head and shoulders above others

rise head and shoulders above others

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ū R é NT ó UD ì, meaning superior. It is used to describe outstanding virtue and talent or outstanding achievements. From Yu Shu with Mei Sheng.

The origin of Idioms

Song Ouyang Xiu's Yu Shu with Mei Sheng: "I should avoid the road and let him out."

Idiom usage

When sun Junying saw that other people looked up to him, he was able to respond to him, and he was not at ease. Chapter 8 of Feng Deying's yingchunhua

Idiom story

During the Jiayou period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi of Sichuan Province went to Bianliang in the capital city to take the Jinshi examination. Ouyang Xiu, the chief examiner, saw Su Shi's examination paper, thought it was his friend's, and only gave him the second one that should have won the first place. Su Shi wrote a letter of thanks to Ouyang Xiu after he was admitted as a scholar. Ouyang Xiu sighed at his talent and said that he should be given a chance to get ahead