下弦月 xià xián yuè third quarter moon, aka last quarter moon 下弦 xià xián last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon) 上弦 shàng xián to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon) 小潮 xiǎo cháo neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter) 环比 環比 huán bǐ (statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context) 财季 財季 cái jì fiscal quarter / financial quarter 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 弥月 彌月 mí yuè full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month) 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 第一季度 dì yī jì dù first quarter (of financial year) 四分历 四分曆 sì fēn lì "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, in use from the Warring States period until the early years of the Han dynasty 玉兔 yù tù the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon syn 蟾 chán toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon 盈凸月 yíng tū yuè full moon / waxing gibbous moon 月亮女神 yuè liang nǚ shén the Moon Goddess / name of Japanese moon space probe 月光期 yuè guāng qī from new moon to full moon 月孛 yuè bèi (ancient Chinese astrology) Yuebei, a heavenly body postulated to exist at the apogee of the Moon's orbit, hindering the Moon's progress 月径 月徑 yuè jìng moonlit path / diameter of the moon / diameter of the moon's orbit 朔望潮 shuò wàng cháo spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon) 指导各国在月球和其他天体上活动的协定 指導各國在月球和其他天體上活動的協定 Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement 月球协定 月球協定 yuè qiú xié dìng Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement 躲得过初一，躲不过十五 躲得過初一，躲不過十五 duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it 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 朔望 shuò wàng the new moon / the first day of the lunar month syn 朔月 shuò yuè new moon / first day of the lunar month syn 之一 zhī yī one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) syn 季度 jì dù quarter of a year / season (sports) 第三季度 dì sān jì dù third quarter (of financial year) 第四季度 dì sì jì dù fourth quarter (of financial year) 第二季度 dì èr jì dù second quarter (of financial year) 近战 近戰 close quarter battle 第四季 dì sì jì fourth quarter 你争我夺 你爭我奪 nǐ zhēng wǒ duó lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war 刻 kè quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals syn 四分之一 sì fēn zhī yī one-quarter 东交民巷 東交民巷 dōng jiāo mín xiàng East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861-1959 毫不留情 háo bù liú qíng to show no quarter / ruthless / relentless syn 屯驻 屯駐 tún zhù to station / to quarter / to garrison 上期 shàng qī previous period (week, month or quarter etc) 下期 xià qī next period (week, month or quarter etc) 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 卫星 衛星 wèi xīng satellite / moon / CL:顆|颗[ke1] 月亮 yuè liang the moon syn 明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn 下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set 