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capital (city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
first (of all) / in the first place
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *首* | 首* | *首
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
HSK 4
home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
HSK 6
Chief Justice
(linguistics) onset
chief executive officer (CEO)
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
HSK 6
first / first time / for the first time
HSK 6
local capital / regional capital
to turn around; to look back / (fig.) to recall the past
HSK 7-9
chief technology officer (CTO)
head of state
HSK 7-9
head / be headed by
dagger
head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader
HSK 6
to originate; to pioneer; to invent
HSK 7-9
to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate
chief information officer (CIO)
first case / first instance
to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头
Seoul National University SNU
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
principal county magistrate in imperial China
foreword / preface
head of state
head of a society / sponsor of an organization
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
HSK 7-9
beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛
acronym
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
head of state / government leader
radical of a Chinese character
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
start of phrase or sentence
leadership conference / summit meeting
(military) decapitation strike
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)
jewelry / head ornament
HSK 7-9
Seoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea
chief / first / brightest and best
dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离 or 屍首異處|尸首异处, decapitation is implied.)
capital city of an autonomous region
HSK 7-9
Beijing Capital International Airport
to gather / to meet
left-hand side
premiere of a movie
top of the list
former prime minister
to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader
senior official
to bend one's head
HSK 7-9
bow of a warship
seat of honor / first place
to behead; to decapitate
to regard as the foremost / to name as a prime example / to implement for the first time
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call
maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
to win the first battle
holder for door knocker
to nod one's head
to bear the brunt
to give a nod of approval
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)
to offer one's life in sacrifice
initial letters
to join head to tail / bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam)
first batch
HSK 7-9
capital territory / Australian Capital Territory (ACT) around Canberra 堪培拉
(idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
to raise one's head and look
onset and rime
to follow blindly (idiom) / to take as one's only guide
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing
pioneer; trailblazer
first season / first quarter
initial public offering (IPO)
Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing)
leading / in first place / top of the list
richest individual / top millionaire
first session (of a conference etc)
first day cover (philately)
first fixation duration
(idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens / (idiom) arrogant; haughty
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
Jieshou, a county-level city in Fuyang City 阜陽市|阜阳市, Anhui
Shishou, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市, Hubei
to initiate
Seoul National University (SNU or Seoul National), Korea
Australian Capital Territory
first place
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城)
Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)

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