第 一 dì yī first / number one / primary 首 先 shǒu xiān first (of all) / in the first place 最 初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally 原 始 yuán shǐ first / original / primitive / original (document etc) 一 次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one) 首 次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time 处 女 chǔ nu:3 virgin / maiden / maiden (voyage etc) / virgin (land) / (a novelist's) first (work) 首 家 shǒu jiā first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc) 初 次 chū cì for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc) 上 个 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above 其 一 qí yī one of the given (options etc) / the first / firstly 头 道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc) 在 先 zài xiān to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly 一 世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) 首 页 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter 原 来 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out 一 声 first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) 本 来 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course 一 级 yī jí first class / category A 沙 发 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 入 学 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child 发 起 fā qǐ to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) 上 半 年 shàng bàn nián first half (of a year) 首 届 shǒu jiè first session (of a conference etc) 首 选 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations 一 月 Yī yuè January / first month (of the lunar year) 第 一 时 间 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing 首 发 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing 第 一 步 dì yī bù step one / first step 直 辖 市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 / and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city 初 恋 chū liàn first love 一 号 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 抢 先 qiǎng xiān to rush (to do sth urgent) / to try to be the first / to forestall 一 等 奖 yī děng jiǎng first prize 华 盛 顿 Huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) 带 头 dài tóu to take the lead / to be the first / to set an example 目 睹 mù dǔ to witness / to see at first hand / to see with one's own eyes 一 轮 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) 开 张 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day 急 救 jí jiù to give emergency treatment / first aid 首 位 shǒu wèi first place 初 一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school 最 先 zuì xiān (the) very first 周 岁 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) 天 下 第 一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country 首 创 shǒu chuàng to create / original creation / to be the first to do sth 首 款 shǒu kuǎn to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc) 起 初 qǐ chū originally / at first / at the outset 结 识 jié shí to get to know sb / to meet sb for the first time 出 道 chū dào to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc) / to start one's career 首 度 shǒu dù first time 先 到 xiān dào first arrival / first return 一 审 yī shěn first instance (law) 底 层 dǐ céng ground or first floor / bottom (of a pile) / lowest rung (of society) 前 段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph 正 月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year 一 大 早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning 一 等 yī děng first class / grade A 甲 方 jiǎ fāng first party (law) / see also 乙方[yi3 fang1] 头 号 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one 第 一 季 度 dì yī jì dù first quarter (of financial year) 涉 足 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time 第 一 眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight 一 见 钟 情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng to fall in love at first sight (idiom) 元 年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period 世 界 第 一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first 金 奖 jīn jiǎng gold medal / first prize 上 头 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head / (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun / (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time 首 例 shǒu lì first case / first instance 上 旬 shàng xún first third of a month 当 头 dāng tóu coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first 中 尉 zhōng wèi lieutenant (navy) / first lieutenant (army) / subaltern 晨 曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn 第 一 轮 dì yī lún first round (of match, or election) 元 月 Yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars) 孙 中 山 Sūn Zhōng shān Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 / same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 首 轮 shǒu lún first round (of a competition etc) 第 一 代 dì yī dài first generation 甲 级 jiǎ jí first rate / top class / excellent 元 宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings 领 头 lǐng tóu to take the lead / to be first to start 史 记 Shǐ jì Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3] 救 护 jiù hù to rescue / to administer first aid 初 试 chū shì preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing 项 羽 Xiàng Yǔ Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor 好 强 hào qiáng eager to be first 朱 元 璋 Zhū Yuán zhāng Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3] 元 宵 节 Yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar 先 河 xiān hé priority / sth advocated first / refers to ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea. 首 推 shǒu tuī to regard as the foremost / to name as a prime example / to implement for the first time 宋 楚 瑜 Sòng Chǔ yú James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党 起 先 qǐ xiān at first / in the beginning 夏 娃 Xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 / {Haa6waa1}) 处 女 作 chǔ nu:3 zuò first publication / maiden work 破 天 荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever 不 堪 一 击 bù kān yī jī to be unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow 初 夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 开 价 kāi jià to quote a price / seller's first offer 争 先 恐 后 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom) / outdoing one another 神 农 Shén nóng Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture
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