take the lead

take the lead

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ǐ m ǎ D ā ngxi ā n, meaning to be the first. Charge ahead. From the banquet of five marquis.

The origin of Idioms

[source]: the third part of the banquet of five Marquis written by Guan Hanqing in Yuan Dynasty: "the sword crosses the three armies of the universe, and the horse takes the lead in fighting the lily."

Idiom usage

Take the lead. Example Hu yanzhuo, with his two whip, took the lead, and all the bandits fought bravely. The 133 chapters of Dangkou Zhi by Yu Wanchun in Qing Dynasty