| 首屈一指 |
shǒu qū yī zhǐ |
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding |
| 首 |
shǒu |
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc |
| 屈 |
Qū |
surname Qu |
| 屈 |
qū |
bent / to feel wronged |
| 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 |
| 指 |
zhǐ |
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end |