头条 (tóutiáo): headline; top news story

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一条头条 tiáo

Literally 'top item' — the first and most important news story.

这件事成了今天的头条新闻。

Zhè jiàn shì chéng le jīntiān de tóutiáo xīnwén.

This incident became today's headline news.

他又上头条了。

Tā yòu shàngtóutiáo le.

He made the headlines again.

今日头条 Jīnrì Tóutiáo

Toutiao (Today's Headlines)

massively popular Chinese news aggregator app by ByteDance, the company behind TikTok

头 tóu

条 tiáo