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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 鷄群の一鶴 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Based on a passage from the Book of Jin.
Semi-calque of Chinese 鶴立雞群 / 鹤立鸡群 (hèlìjīqún, literally “a single crane standing out amongst a flock of chickens”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Idiom
鶏群の一鶴 • (keigun no ikkaku)
- a great man standing out among the crowd
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN