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 首先 shǒu xiān first (of all) / in the first place syn 代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally syn 初次 chū cì for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc) syn 一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn 一代 yī dài generation syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 运营 運營 yùn yíng to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation / service syn 下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 首选 首選 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations 开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack syn 首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing 首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 后人 後人 hòu rén later generation syn 先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn 子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 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 父辈 父輩 fù bèi people of one's parents' generation syn 草拟 草擬 cǎo nǐ first draft / to draw up (a first version) syn 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 代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn 后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn 祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation syn 初犯 chū fàn first offender / first offense 晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn syn 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 代沟 代溝 dài gōu generation gap 大副 dà fù first mate / first officer (of a ship) 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 后辈 後輩 hòu bèi younger generation syn 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 在先 zài xiān to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly syn 老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn 小辈 小輩 xiǎo bèi the younger generation syn 破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever syn 后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn 首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn 晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn 新生代 xīn shēng dài new generation 末代 mò dài final generation syn 同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn 后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn 争先 爭先 zhēng xiān to compete to be first / to contest first place syn 火力发电 火力發電 huǒ lì fā diàn thermal power generation 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 元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period 足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot 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 换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn 首例 shǒu lì first case / first instance 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) 首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter 一次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one) 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 新一代 xīn yī dài new generation syn 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 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) 先到 xiān dào first arrival / first return 第二代 dì èr dài second generation 第一眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight 第三代 dì sān dài third generation 二代 èr dài second generation 头道 頭道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc) 第一代 dì yī dài first generation 绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn 第四代 dì sì dài fourth generation 第五代 dì wǔ dài fifth generation 头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time syn 隔世 gé shì separated by a generation / a lifetime ago 第六代 dì liù dài sixth generation 长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving 同侪 同儕 tóng chái peer / member of the same class, generation or social group 业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money 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 老辈 老輩 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors syn 平辈 平輩 píng bèi of the same generation syn 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 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 传帮带 傳幫帶 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation) 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 上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn 开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn 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 前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn 正 zhēng first month of the lunar year syn 第一 dì yī first / number one / primary syn 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 行动 行動 xíng dòng operation / action / CL:個|个[ge4] / to move about / mobile syn 本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn 手术 手術 shǒu shù (surgical) operation / surgery / CL:個|个[ge4] 