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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—George Washington (1732-1799), first US president—Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain—thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014—person (first person, second person etc in grammar)—Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy—He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, first magistrate from 1999—The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films—King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC—the First Emperor's order expel the foreigners—Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor—neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)—Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)—burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)—Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan—war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor—the Qing order all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646—Karl Bernardovich Radek (1995-1939), bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen university, died in prison during Stalin's purges—moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan)—the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through—"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts—intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring—gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to pre-empt—venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time [idiom.]—the pavilion closest the water enjoys moonlight first [idiom.]— |