| 名列前茅 |
míng liè qián máo |
to rank among the best |
| 名 |
míng |
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people |
| 名列 |
míng liè |
to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) |
| 列 |
liè |
to arrange / to line up / file / series / (in data tables) column / (Tw) row |
| 前 |
qián |
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |
| 前茅 |
qián máo |
forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks |
| 茅 |
Máo |
surname Mao |
| 茅 |
máo |
reeds / rushes |