# 鹤立鸡群 (hèlìjīqún)

In Mandarin Chinese, 鹤立鸡群 (hèlìjīqún) means “standing out from the crowd”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: standing out from the crowd
- Pinyin: hèlìjīqún (he4 li4 ji1 qun2)
- Traditional: 鶴立雞群
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 高个子选手在人群中鹤立鸡群。
  Gāogèzi xuǎnshǒu zài rénqún zhōng hèlìjīqún.
  The tall player stands out from the crowd.

## Characters

- 鹤 (hè): crane
- [立](https://hanziro.com/word/li-stand/) (lì): to stand; to set up
- [鸡](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-chicken/) (jī): chicken
- [群](https://hanziro.com/word/qun-group/) (qún): group; crowd

https://hanziro.com/word/he-li-ji-qun-standing-out-from/

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