独占鳌头 (獨占鰲頭) dú zhàn áo tóu

dú zhàn áo tóu set phrase top rank in the Hanlin examinations
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: In the sense of 状元 (Guoyu '獨占鰲頭'; Mathews 1931 '獨占鰲頭', p. 8)