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"first among peers" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
魁元 kuí yuán brightest and best / chief / first among peers
Chinese Pinyin Translation
出人头地 出人頭地 chū rén tóu dì to stand out among one's peers (idiom) / to excel syn
一回生，二回熟 yī huí shēng , èr huí shú lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste
其中 qí zhōng among / in / included among these syn
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn
初露头角 初露頭角 chū lù tóu jiǎo lit. to first show one's horns (idiom) / fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
第一例 dì yī lì first case / first instance / first time (sth is done)
正朔 zhēng shuò first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn
先睹为快 先睹為快 xiān dǔ wéi kuài (idiom) to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy) syn
一次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one)
首先 shǒu xiān first (of all) / in the first place syn
最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally syn
首选 首選 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing
初次 chū cì for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc) syn
初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn
先到 xiān dào first arrival / first return
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
第一眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight
首例 shǒu lì first case / first instance
晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn syn
头道 頭道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
在先 zài xiān to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly syn
破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever syn
争先 爭先 zhēng xiān to compete to be first / to contest first place syn
首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter
首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time syn
草拟 草擬 cǎo nǐ first draft / to draw up (a first version) syn
大副 dà fù first mate / first officer (of a ship)
初露锋芒 初露鋒芒 chū lù fēng máng first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
秦代 qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
初犯 chū fàn first offender / first offense
初 chū at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic syn
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
先来后到 先來後到 xiān lái hòu dào in order of arrival / first come, first served syn
第一次 dì yī cì the first time / first / number one
一次生，两次熟 一次生，兩次熟 yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
尽先 儘先 jǐn xiān in the first instance / as a first priority syn
先不先 xiān bù xiān (dialect) first of all / in the first place
先到先得 xiān dào xiān dé first come first served
初露才华 初露才華 chū lù cái huá first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
后进先出 後進先出 hòu jìn xiān chū to come late and leave first / last in, first out (LIFO)
猛一看 měng yī kàn at first glance / first impression
首办 首辦 shǒu bàn first organized / to run sth for the first time
初至 chū zhì first arrival / first return
一线运输 一線運輸 yī xiàn yùn shū first-line transportation / first-line transport
一线运输工具 一線運輸工具 yī xiàn yùn shū gōng jù first-line transportation / first-line transport
一线药物 一線藥物 first-line drug / first-tier drug
不首先使用核武器 non first use of nuclear weapons / non first use
一线库存 一線庫存 first-line stocks / first-line holdings / basic scale stocks / basic load
基本库存 基本庫存 first-line stocks / first-line holdings / basic scale stocks / basic load
第一庇护国 第一庇護國 first asylum country / country of first asylum
头香 頭香 tóu xiāng the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
开红盘 開紅盤 kāi hóng pán (of a store) to open for business for the first time in the New Year / (of a business) to be profitable / (of a stock market) to rise / (sport) to win one's first match of a competition
先进先出 先進先出 xiān jìn xiān chū (computing, inventory management etc) first in, first out
先走一步 xiān zǒu yī bù to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease / to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
先来后到 先來後到 xiān lái - hòu dào (idiom) in order of arrival / first come, first served syn
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
身上 shēn shang on the body / at hand / among syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
之中 zhī zhōng inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during syn
相应 相應 xiāng yìng to correspond / answering (one another) / to agree (among the part) / corresponding / relevant / appropriate / (modify) accordingly syn
中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn
排行 pái háng to rank / ranking / seniority (among siblings) syn
当中 當中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center syn
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
在内 在內 zài nèi (included) in it / among them
入选 入選 rù xuǎn to be included among those selected for syn
莲花 蓮花 lián huā lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily syn
名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn
跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn
名列前茅 míng liè qián máo to rank among the best syn
圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles
高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn
中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn
中纪委 中紀委 zhōng jì wěi Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres / abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会
内中 內中 nèi zhōng within it / among them syn
娃子 wá zi baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities syn
热河 熱河 rè hé Rehe, Qing dynasty province abolished in 1955 and divided among Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia / refers to the Qing imperial resort at Chengde / see also 避暑山莊|避暑山庄[bi4 shu3 shan1 zhuang1] (history)
人民内部矛盾 人民內部矛盾 rén mín nèi bù máo dùn internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
间 間 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn
老几 老幾 lǎo jǐ where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn
出头鸟 出頭鳥 chū tóu niǎo to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
单刀赴会 單刀赴會 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines
兄弟阋墙 兄弟鬩牆 xiōng dì xì qiáng internecine strife (idiom) / fighting among oneself syn
以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn
妇姑勃溪 婦姑勃谿 fù gū bó xī dispute among womenfolk (idiom) / family squabbles
矮子里拔将军 矮子裡拔將軍 ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
伯仲叔季 bó zhòng shū jì eldest / second / third and youngest of brothers / order of seniority among brothers
在﹍之中 zài zhī zhōng amid / among
毕摩 畢摩 bì mó shaman among the Yi ethnic group
合吃族 hé chī zú lit. joint eaters / a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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