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first adjective—第一 adj (often used)先 adj一次 adj前 adjExamples: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—late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty—slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); deal with important matters first—high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua—first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)—reckoned be first or second best (idiom); one of the very best—Kamakura bakufu 1192-1333, the first Japanese samurai shogunate—Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries—Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy—Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)—Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990—He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, first magistrate from 1999—first half of the night (from nightfall midnight)—William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Beijing university—Yellow Emperor's canon of 81 difficult questions, medical text, c. first century AD—First international, organized by Karl Marx in Geneva in 1866—Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space—Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor—strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.—Hanyu Da Cidian, the most comprehensive Chinese dictionary with over 375,000 word entries, first published between 1986-1994—moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan)—Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India—"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—monopolize the turtle head (idiom, refers to carved marble steps of the palace); to come first in triennial palace examinations— |