动感单车 動感單車 dòng gǎn dān chē spin class / indoor cycling class (a type of group fitness class) / exercise bike used in such a class / spin bike 上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class 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 双一流 雙一流 shuāng yī liú Double First-Class University Plan, Chinese government project to develop both a group of Chinese universities and a group of subject disciplines to be world-class by 2050, implemented from 2017 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 排长 排長 pái zhǎng platoon leader / sergeant 三级士官 三級士官 sān jí shì guān staff sergeant 二级士官 二級士官 èr jí shì guān sergeant 五级士官 五級士官 wǔ jí shì guān master sergeant 六级士官 六級士官 liù jí shì guān sergeant major 高等警卫员 gāo děng jǐng wèi yuán Security Sergeant 值班室高等警卫员 值班室高等警衛員 zhí bān shì gāo děng jǐng wèi yuán Security Desk Sergeant 沙展 shā zhǎn sergeant (loanword) 下课 下課 xià kè to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired 辅导班 輔導班 fǔ dǎo bān tutorial class / remedial class / preparatory course syn 富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 公务舱 公務艙 gōng wù cāng business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc) 放牛班 fàng niú bān class of underachievers / dunces' class (Tw) 峨冠博带 峨冠博帶 é guān bó dài official class / intellectual class (idiom) 同余类 同餘類 tóng yú lèi (math.) congruence class / residue class 官舱 官艙 guān cāng (old) cabin class / second class (on a passenger ship) 血统论 血統論 xuè tǒng lùn class division into proletariat and bourgeoisie class enemy, in use esp. during the Cultural Revolution Ａ咖 A kā class "A" / top grade / class "A" / top grade 商务舱 商務艙 shāng wù cāng business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc) 班代 bān dài (Tw) class representative / class president 级长 級長 jí zhǎng class president (in a school) / class captain / cohort leader 一级 一級 yī jí first class / category A 一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn 上乘 shàng chéng first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] syn 甲级 甲級 jiǎ jí first rate / top class / excellent syn 头等 頭等 tóu děng first class / prime / main syn 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 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 甲等 jiǎ děng grade A / first-class syn 优等 優等 yōu děng first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior syn 顶尖级 頂尖級 dǐng jiān jí first class / top / world best syn 第一流 dì yī liú first-class syn 软席 軟席 ruǎn xí soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 软坐 軟坐 ruǎn zuò soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 头功 頭功 tóu gōng first class merit syn 头路 頭路 tóu lù clue / thread (of a story) / mate / first class 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 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 