优秀
yōu xiù
Pinyin

Definition

优秀
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yōu xiù
  1. outstanding
  2. excellent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

优秀
yōu xiù
  1. 1 outstanding
  2. 2 excellent
秀
xiù
  1. 1 handsome
  2. 2 refined
  3. 3 elegant
  4. 4 graceful
  5. 5 superior
  6. 6 show (loanword)
  7. 7 CL:場|场[cháng]
  8. 8 (literary) to grow
  9. 9 to bloom
  10. 10 (of crops) to produce ears
作秀
zuò xiù
  1. 1 to show off (loanword, from English "show")
  2. 2 to grandstand
  3. 3 to perform in a stage show
俊秀
jùn xiù
  1. 1 well-favored
  2. 2 elegant
  3. 3 pretty
清秀
qīng xiù
  1. 1 delicate and pretty
秀才
xiù cai
  1. 1 a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
  2. 2 scholar
  3. 3 skillful writer
  4. 4 fine talent
秀气
xiù qi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 graceful
秀美
xiù měi
  1. 1 elegant
  2. 2 graceful
秀发
xiù fà
  1. 1 beautiful hair
秀丽
xiù lì
  1. 1 pretty
  2. 2 beautiful
脱口秀
tuō kǒu xiù
  1. 1 (loanword) talk show
  2. 2 stand-up comedy
走秀
zǒu xiù
  1. 1 a fashion show
  2. 2 to walk the runway (in a fashion show)
越秀区
Yuè xiù qū
  1. 1 Yuexiu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
选秀
xuǎn xiù
  1. 1 to select talented individuals
  2. 2 (sports) draft
一枝独秀
yī zhī dú xiù
  1. 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
  3. 3 outstanding
娟秀
juān xiù
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 graceful
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
后起之秀
hòu qǐ zhī xiù
  1. 1 an up-and-coming youngster
  2. 2 new talent
  3. 3 a brilliant younger generation
时装秀
shí zhuāng xiù
  1. 1 fashion show

Idioms (8)

一枝独秀
yī zhī dú xiù
  1. 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
  3. 3 outstanding
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
秀外慧中
xiù wài huì zhōng
  1. 1 good-looking and intelligent (idiom)
秀才不出门，全知天下事
xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì
  1. 1 a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
秀才不出门，能知天下事
xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì
  1. 1 a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
秀色可餐
xiù sè kě cān
  1. 1 a feast for the eyes (idiom)
  2. 2 (of women) gorgeous
  3. 3 graceful
  4. 4 (of scenery) beautiful
秀发垂肩
xiù fà chuí jiān
  1. 1 beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)

Sample Sentences

如果对工作有追求，有责任感的，或许她们也并不在乎是不是一定要结婚。而且她们自己很优秀，所以对另一半要求当然也高了。
rúguǒ duì gōngzuò yǒu zhuīqiú ，yǒu zérèngǎn de ，huòxǔ tāmen yě bìng bù zàihu shìbushì yīdìng yào jiéhūn 。érqiě tāmen zìjǐ hěn yōuxiù ，suǒyǐ duì lìngyībàn yāoqiú dāngrán yě gāo le 。
If you have something to pursue at work and a sense of responsibility, perhaps they wouldn't insist that you must get married. And they are so brilliant that they have a lot of demands for their other half, of course.
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哈哈，真形象，孙悟空才有资格当“齐天大圣”呀，我觉得这也是对你们主管的赞美啦！说明她很优秀啊。
hāhā ，zhēn xíngxiàng ，Sūn Wùkōng cái yǒu zīge dāng “qítiāndàshèng ”ya ，wǒ juéde zhè yě shì duì nǐmen supervisor de zànměi la ！shuōmíng tā hěn yōuxiù ā 。
Ha ha, what an image. Only Sun Wukong had the merit to be "the Great Sage the Equal of Heaven". I think it's a form of praise for your director! It's saying that she's brilliant.
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那你看啊，物质条件优越的人们，机会是不是比普通人多得去了，按照你的相对理论，他们当然相对比普通人更有见识更优秀啊！
nà nǐ kàn ā ，wùzhì tiáojiàn yōuyuè de rénmen ，jīhuì shìbushì bǐ pǔtōngrén duō de qù le ，ànzhào nǐ de xiāngduì lǐlùn ，tāmen dāngrán xiāng duìbǐ pǔtōngrén gèng yǒu jiànshi gèng yōuxiù ā ！
Can't you see that people who are materially better off have far more opportunities than ordinary people. Even according to your relativist outlook, of course they have more knowledge and experience than ordinary people!
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没错，金马奖自一九六二年创办以来，已经有五十多年的历史了，当时是为了促进电影制作事业，对优良的电影及优秀的电影工作者提供的一项竞赛奖励。
méicuò ，jīnmǎjiǎng zì yījiǔliùèrnián chuàngbàn yǐlái ，yǐjīng yǒu wǔshíduō nián de lìshǐ le ，dāngshí shì wèile cùjìn diànyǐng zhìzuò shìyè ，duì yōuliáng de diànyǐng jí yōuxiù de diànyǐng gōngzuòzhě tígōng de yī xiàng jìngsài jiǎnglì 。
That's right. From their founding in 1962, the Golden Horse Awards have already been around for over 50 years. At the time they were aimed at boosting the film production industry, to reward excellent films and excellent film workers.
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真希望能在这些优秀演员隐退以前看到他们更多更精彩的表演。
zhēn xīwàng néng zài zhèxiē yōuxiù yǎnyuán yǐntuì yǐqián kàndào tāmen gèng duō gèng jīngcǎi de biǎoyǎn 。
I really hope to see more brilliant performances from these actors before they retire from the silver screen.
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有时真羡慕这些能够写出这么多优秀作品的作家，他们的创作才华好像永远都不会枯竭，永远都能给读者带来惊喜。
yǒushí zhēn xiànmù zhèxiē nénggòu xiěchū zhème duō yōuxiùzuòpǐn de zuòjiā ，tāmen de chuàngzuò cáihuá hǎoxiàng yǒngyuǎn dōu bùhuì kūjié ，yǒngyuǎn dōu néng gěi dúzhě dàilái jīngxǐ 。
Sometimes I envy these authors who can write so many great novels. It feels like their creative talent will never dry up and that they'll always be able to surprise their readers.
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哪里哪里，瞧您说的，想当年我们班长才是德智体美劳各方面都优秀的模范生啊！
nǎli nǎli ，qiáo nín shuō de ，xiǎngdāngnián wǒmen bānzhǎng cáishì dé zhì tǐ měi láo gèfāngmiàn dōu yōuxiù de mófànshēng ā ！
No, no, look who is talking, I remember back in the day, Mr Class President was the perfect model student in terms of moral fortitude, intellect, physical fitness, beauty and with a hard-work ethic to boot!
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这个就叫一拍脑袋决定，很多优秀的文化就是被这些规定给扼杀的。
zhè ge jiù jiào yī pāinǎodài juédìng ，hěn duō yōuxiù de wénhuà jiùshì bèi zhèxiē guīdìng gěi èshā de 。
This is what you get from making decisions on a whim, a lot of fantastic cultural scenes have been strangled by these regulations.
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���啊，我记得当时莫言获奖的作品是一部叫《蛙》的长篇小说，这部小说一夜之间就成了最畅销的书籍，但谁又能说它比莫言其他的作品更优秀呢？
duìa ，wǒ jìde dāngshí Mòyán huòjiǎng de zuòpǐn shì yī bù jiào 《Wā 》de chángpiān xiǎoshuō ，zhè bù xiǎoshuō yīyèzhījiān jiù chéng le zuì chàngxiāo de shūjí ，dàn shéi yòu néng shuō tā bǐ Mòyán qítā de zuòpǐn gèng yōuxiù ne ？
Yes, I remember at the time that the work that Mo Yan won the prize for was a full-length novel called Frog and it became a bestseller overnight, but who is to say it's better than any of his other works?
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人类总是认为自己比其他生物优秀，把其他动物当作工具或财产。
rénlèi zǒngshì rènwéi zìjǐ bǐ qítā shēngwù yōuxiù ，bǎ qítā dòngwù dàngzuò gōngjù huò cáichǎn 。
Humans always think that they are better than other biological organisms and take other animals to be tools or property.
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