名列前茅

to rank among the best

name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group)

to arrange / to line up / file / series / (in data tables) column / (Tw) row

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks

surname Mao

reeds / rushes