"earliest" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
最早	zuì zǎo	earliest

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
及早	jí zǎo	at the earliest possible time / as soon as possible	syn
九州	jiǔ zhōu	division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands	syn
三代	sān dài	three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
鼻祖	bí zǔ	the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)	syn
扁鹊扁鵲	biǎn què	秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝\|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era
白马寺白馬寺	bái mǎ sì	the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China
广雅廣雅	guǎng yǎ	earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅\|尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries
夏商周	xià shāng zhōu	Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
三皇五帝	sān huáng wǔ dì	three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend / the earliest system of Chinese historiography
鲁迅魯迅	lǔ xùn	Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
张揖張揖	zhāng yī	Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓\|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅\|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
黄帝宅经黃帝宅經	huáng dì zhái jīng	one of the earliest classics about Fengshui
声类聲類	shēng lèi	Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)

The four tones