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first (of all) / in the first place
HSK 3
capital (city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *首* | 首* | *首
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
HSK 4
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
HSK 6
first / first time / for the first time
HSK 6
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
HSK 6
head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader
HSK 6
to bend one's head
HSK 7-9
first batch
HSK 7-9
to turn around; to look back / (fig.) to recall the past
HSK 7-9
head of state
HSK 7-9
to originate; to pioneer; to invent
HSK 7-9
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
jewelry / head ornament
HSK 7-9
capital city of an autonomous region
HSK 7-9
home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城)
radical of a Chinese character
first session (of a conference etc)
first issue / first public showing
to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities)
first person to be appointed to a post
first round (of a competition etc)
seat of honor / first place
Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州, Hubei
chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao) / abbr. for 特別行政區首席執行官|特别行政区首席执行官
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing
head; boss; chief
to behead; to decapitate
to gather / to meet
first time
head / be headed by
maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
to bear the brunt
prefix
dagger
head and tail
first season / first quarter
leading / in first place / top of the list
head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
richest individual / top millionaire
first case / first instance
to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
chief / first / brightest and best
first place
to raise one's head and look
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
bitter and hateful (idiom) / to grieve and lament (over sth)
the top of the page / (word processing) page header
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
head of a society / sponsor of an organization
senior official
severed head
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)
corpse / carcass / dead body
to win the first battle
(idiom) to strike a coquettish pose
to give a nod of approval
lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader
top of the list
to follow blindly (idiom) / to take as one's only guide
to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头
handsome male companion / gigolo
bandit
ship's bow
to nod one's head
to behead
kowtow
to be decapitated (idiom)
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
doorway / gate / entrance
chief offender / main culprit
to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
to initiate
white head of hair / fig. old person
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call
(idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)
(of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
start of the year
left-hand side
(idiom) to hesitate / to remain undecided
right-hand side
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
holder for door knocker
to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)
chief executive officer (CEO)
to offer one's life in sacrifice
beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
hornless dragon head (used as ornamentation, esp. gargoyles)
death by hanging
Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳, Anhui
(of a headhunter) to sever a head
head of state / government leader
first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc)
acronym
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)

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