"first generation technology" Chinese-English Dictionary

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代代 dài dài from generation to generation / generation after generation
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
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation syn
老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn
同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn
代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn
秘传 祕傳 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
祖祖辈辈 祖祖輩輩 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation syn
世代相传 世代相傳 shì dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn
故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
新新人类 新新人類 xīn xīn rén lèi new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc)
亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation
银丝族 銀絲族 yín sī zú the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
千禧一代 qiān xǐ yī dài Generation Y / Millennial Generation
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
一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn
第一代 dì yī dài first generation
司徒雷登 sī tú léi dēng John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
传统维和行动 傳統維和行動 classic peacekeeping operation / traditional peacekeeping operation / first-generation operation
第二代技术 第二代技術 second generation technology
第叁代技术 第三代技術 third generation technology
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
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
chū at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic syn
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
第一级技术 第一級技術 first-tier technology
技术转让 技術轉讓 jì shù zhuǎn ràng technology transfer / transfer of technology
眼动技术 眼動技術 yǎn dòng jì shù eye movement technology / eye-tracking technology
超临界技术 supercritical technology / SC technology
超超临界技术 ultrasupercritical technology / USC technology
信息和通信技术及科学技术司 信息和通信技術及科學技術司 Information and Communications Technology and Science and Technology Division
科技革新问题千年项目第10工作队 科技革新問題千年項目第10工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation / Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation
科技革新第10工作队 科技革新第10工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation / Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation
重组DNA技术 重組DNA技術 recombinant DNA technology / r-DNA technology
最后技术 最後技術 end-of-line technology / end-of-pipe technology
市场换技术 市場換技術 shì chǎng huàn jì shù market access in return for technology transfer (PRC policy since the 1980s which gives foreign companies access to China's domestic market in exchange for sharing their intellectual property, characterized by the US in the 2019 trade war as "forced technology transfer")
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
一代 yī dài generation syn
新一代 xīn yī dài new generation syn
前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn
下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn
子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation syn
传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
第二代 dì èr dài second generation
长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn
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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