第一例 dì yī lì first case / first instance / first time (sth is done) 比方 bǐ fang analogy / instance / for instance syn 首例 shǒu lì first case / first instance 尽先 儘先 jǐn xiān in the first instance / as a first priority 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 夹生饭 夾生飯 jiā shēng fàn half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4] 欧洲初审法院 ōu zhōu chū shěn fǎ yuàn European Court of First Instance 二审 二審 èr shěn (law) second instance / second trial 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 正朔 zhēng shuò first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty 公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 协议法 xié yì fǎ treaty-made law / treaty-created law / treaty law 一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) syn 比如 bǐ rú for example / for instance / such as syn 例如 lì rú for example / for instance / such as syn 案例 àn lì case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc) / instance / example / CL:個|个[ge4] 案件 àn jiàn case / instance / CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3] syn 例子 lì zi case / (for) instance / example / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 实例 實例 shí lì actual example / living example / illustration / demonstration / (computing) instance 副本 fù běn copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance syn 譬如 pì rú for example / for instance / such as syn 比方说 比方說 bǐ fang shuō for example / for instance 起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 周延 zhōu yán exhaustive / distributed (logic: applies to every instance) 救场 救場 jiù chǎng to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor) 例 lì example / precedent / rule / case / instance syn 故 gù happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead syn 个例 個例 gè lì specific example / rare instance 剂次 劑次 jì cì instance of administering a dose of vaccine / number of vaccinations 孤例 gū lì isolated case / sole instance 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 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 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 执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn 以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn 阿伏伽德罗定律 阿伏伽德羅定律 ā fú jiā dé luó dìng lǜ Avogadro's law, a gas law named after Amedeo Avogadro 库仑定律 庫侖定律 kù lún dìng lǜ Coulomb's law / the inverse square law of electrostatic forces 