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(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just
HSK 1
ranked number one in the world / the world's first
front line / forefront
HSK 7-9
step one / first step
World War II
dinar (currency) (loanword)
science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化)
first-hand
HSK 7-9
first quarter (of financial year)
Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945)
third quarter (of financial year)
third party
second quarter (of financial year)
Burgundy (Bourgogne), a medieval kingdom and later a powerful duchy, now a region of France
world's first
American Indians
to fail an exam
second place
first round (of match, or election)
the fourth estate; the press
top notch; highest quality
(geopolitics) First Island Chain, strategic arc of islands including Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines
the first pot of gold / the initial profits from an economic endeavour
Type 2 diabetes
order / sequence / one after another
first / most important; primary; foremost
sixth sense / intuition
fourth quarter (of financial year)
first under heaven / number one in the country
Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
tertiary sector of industry
in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
third place
first author (of an academic paper)
third person (grammar)
second / number two / next / secondary
the second time / second / number two
fifth column (subversive group)
Indiana, US state
First international, organized by Karl Marx in Geneva in 1866
(math.) first fundamental form
sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list
(Tw) Des Moines, capital of Iowa
(physics) Faraday cage
the second person / (fig.) someone else / third party
to pass an imperial examination
first level
residence / mansion
Yiddish language
(lit.) second spring / (fig.) falling in love for the second time / a new lease of life / rebirth
family status
housing / high-class residence
World War One
first-class
fourth quarter
mansion house / official residence
Type 1 diabetes
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
Indiana, US state
first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
second tone in Mandarin / rising tone
Normandy, France
next day / the morrow
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
at first glance / at first sight
Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
territory belonging to a third party (as a neutral location for peace negotiations or as a transit point for indirect travel or trade etc)
Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician
Indus (constellation)
the Andes mountain range
the person in charge / the head of the leadership group
first tone in Mandarin / high, level tone
T'bilisi, capital of Georgia 格魯吉亞|格鲁吉亚
(geopolitics) Second Island Chain, strategic arc of islands stretching from Japan's Bonin Islands to Guam and Papua New Guinea
(literary) private residence; private house
the first time; for the first time
(zoology) nictitating membrane
fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
Giardiasis, a form of gastro-enteritis caused by infection of gut by Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite
(American) Indian / native American / indigenous peoples of the Americas
First Lady (wife of US president)
Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician
first case / first instance / first time (sth is done)
suboptimal health status
primary sector of industry
extensive residence / your house
the Andes mountain chain
third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone
Third World
Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)
second job
the fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
the fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
Vivaldi (name) / Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741), Italian composer
Andes mountain chain of South America
category 5 / CAT 5 (cable)
Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut
Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut
grade (i.e. quality) / rank

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