How it used to be written
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Bronze script 戰國晚期.燕 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 9 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他在班上出類拔萃。
He towers above the rest of the class.
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出类拔萃!
Outstanding!
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玛丽是个平淡无奇的人,但是汤姆却认为她出类拔萃。
Mary is fairly plain, but Tom thinks she's the bee's knees.
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虽然Luciano可能已经是出类拔萃,但他还是乳臭未干。
Luciano might have the crowd behind him, but he's still wet behind the ears.