| 百里挑一 |
bǎi lǐ tiāo yī |
one in a hundred / cream of the crop |
| 百 |
Bǎi |
surname Bai |
| 百 |
bǎi |
hundred / numerous / all kinds of |
| 百里 |
Bǎi lǐ |
two-character surname Baili |
| 里 |
lǐ |
variant of 里 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 里 |
| 里 |
Lǐ |
Li (surname) |
| 里 |
lǐ |
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels |
| 挑 |
tiāo |
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick |
| 挑 |
tiǎo |
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |