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first adjective—第一 adj (often used) 先 adj 一次 adj 前 adj Examples:Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009—first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604—Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar—Muhammad Naguib (first president of the Republic of Egypt)—thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014—burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)—Luo Yixiu (1889-1910), Mao Zedong's first wife—Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999—The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films—(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)—Yellow Emperor's canon of 81 difficult questions, medical text, c. first century AD—Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994—refers ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea.—know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information—Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelist—strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.—First United Front between Guomindang and Communist party, 1923-1927—Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851)—the Qing order all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646—"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts—the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)—a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month—first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)—first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)—start practicing at the first crow of the cock [idiom.]— |