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 生物固氮 shēng wù gù dàn biological nitrogen fixation 骨折固定器具 fracture fixation set / external fixateur set 心魔 xīn mó inner demons / psychological obstacle or fixation 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 时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit / a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once / suddenly syn 短暂 短暫 duǎn zàn of short duration / brief / momentary syn 全场 全場 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match) 片长 片長 piàn cháng length (duration) of a film 时长 時長 shí cháng duration 工期 gōng qī project duration / construction period 持续时间 持續時間 chí xù shí jiān duration 无限期 無限期 wú xiàn qī indefinitely / of unlimited duration 会期 會期 huì qī the duration of a conference / the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held / session / the date of a meeting 阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration syn 促 cù (bound form) of short duration / hasty / rapid / (bound form) to hasten / to hurry / to urge / (literary) close by / pressed against syn 凝视时间 凝視時間 níng shì shí jiān gaze duration 驻留时间 駐留時間 zhù liú shí jiān gaze duration 纵停留时间 縱停留時間 zòng tíng liú shí jiān gaze duration 音长 音長 yīn cháng sound duration / length of a musical note 日照时间 日照時間 rì zhào shí jiān sunshine duration 长期特派团 Mission of Long Duration 限期任用 xiàn qī rèn yòng appointment of limited duration 短期国家方案文件 duǎn qī guó jiā fāng àn wén jiàn short-duration country programme document 限期活动 xiàn qī huó dòng activities of limited duration 长时照射设施 長時照射設施 zhǎng shí zhào shè shè shī Long Duration Exposure Facility 雨强-历时-频率曲线 雨強-歷時-頻率曲線 Intensity Duration Frequency curve / IDF curve IDF曲线 IDF曲線 Intensity Duration Frequency curve / IDF curve 已婚年数别生育率 已婚年數別生育率 duration-specific marital fertility rate 延时机组作业方桉 延時機組作業方案 Extended Duration Crew Operations programme 不逮捕特权 不逮捕特權 bù dài bǔ tè quán the right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the duration of meetings, unless caught actually committing a crime, to members of the National Assembly, the Legislative Yuan, or a supervisory committee 补时 補時 bǔ shí (sports) to extend the duration of a game (due to stoppages) / (abbr. for 傷停補時|伤停补时[shang1 ting2 bu3 shi2]) injury time 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 首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter 第一 dì yī first / number one / primary syn 原来 原來 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out syn 一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) 本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn 一级 一級 yī jí first class / category A 先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn 原始 yuán shǐ first / original / primitive / original (document etc) syn 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 顶级 頂級 dǐng jí top-notch / first-rate syn 