脫穎而出 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 脱颖而出 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. tuōyǐngérchū ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄥˇ ㄦˊ ㄔㄨ to reveal one's talent (idiom) to rise above others to distinguish oneself Character by character 脫(tuō)shed 穎(yǐng)head of grain 而(ér)and 出(chū)go out A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT