独占鳌头

独
獨
占
佔
鳌
鰲
头
頭
to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field

Characters and words in 独占鳌头

独
獨
dú = du + Ø2
alone / independent / single / sole / only
独 = 犭 + 虫 : Everyone has left the space station, only the animals are left: Doggy Dog (du), the dachshund (犭) and the mosquito (虫). They have noone who throws them a stick or exposes their bare body parts to bite. All alone (独), they wait in the space station's entrance (Ø2).
独
獨
占
佔
to monopolize / to control / to dominate
占
佔
zhàn = zh + an4
variant of 占[zhan4]
占
zha̅n = zh + an1
to observe / to divine
占
zhàn = zh + an4
to take possession of / to occupy / to take up
占 = ⺊ + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a yellow umbrella. James II of England occupies the anthill's bathroom (an4). He uses a pennant (⺊) stuck into a mandarin (口) to mark his territory, and stands there proudly with a yellow umbrella (占).
鳌
鰲
áo = Ø + ao2
mythological sea turtle
鳌
鼇
áo = Ø + ao2
variant of 鰲|鳌[ao2]
头
頭
tóu = t + ou2
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
头 = ⺀ + 大 : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.
头
頭
tou = t + ou5
suffix for nouns

Words with 独占鳌头

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