| 独 |
dú xiù | to surpass / to stand above the crowd |
| 独 |
dú | alone / independent / single / sole / only |
| 秀 |
xiù | (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show (as in 时装秀) / (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀厨艺) / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears |