獨秀

to surpass / to stand above the crowd

alone / independent / single / sole / only

handsome / refined / elegant / graceful / superior / show (loanword) / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of crops) to produce ears

lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding

Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921