执牛耳 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 執牛耳 zhíniúěr ㄓˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄦˇ to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony) Character by character 执(zhí)execute 牛(niú)surname Niu 耳(ěr)ear A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0