Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
名列前茅 míng liè qiánmáo come out among the top
- 他在期末考试(試)中名列前茅。 Tā zài qīmò kǎoshì zhōng míng liè qiánmáo. He came out among the top candidates in the end-of-term exams.