百裡挑一

one in a hundred / cream of the crop

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick

to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up

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