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HSK
capital (city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
first (of all) / in the first place
HSK 3
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  *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
jewelry / head ornament
HSK 7-9
to originate; to pioneer; to invent
HSK 7-9
to turn around; to look back / (fig.) to recall the past
HSK 7-9
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
capital city of an autonomous region
HSK 7-9
head of state
HSK 7-9
first batch
HSK 7-9
to bend one's head
HSK 7-9
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)
home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
chief / first / brightest and best
first issue / first public showing
first round (of a competition etc)
radical of a Chinese character
first session (of a conference etc)
senior official
dagger
head / be headed by
to behead; to decapitate
to nod one's head
richest individual / top millionaire
first place
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州, Hubei
head; boss; chief
top of the list
to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities)
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
first person to be appointed to a post
Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳, Anhui
corpse / carcass / dead body
to raise one's head and look
to bear the brunt
maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate
to be decapitated (idiom)
head and tail
head of a society / sponsor of an organization
candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
doorway / gate / entrance
down payment
(idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
leadership conference / summit meeting
chief offender / main culprit
head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
chief representative
start of the year
(linguistics) onset
to follow blindly (idiom) / to take as one's only guide
(idiom) to hesitate / to remain undecided
beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳, Anhui
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛
lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader
seat of honor / first place
to gather / to meet
holder for door knocker
to behead
hornless dragon head (used as ornamentation, esp. gargoyles)
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
(idiom) to strike a coquettish pose
to behead sb and display the head in public
lit. with disheveled hair and a dirty face / of unkempt appearance (idiom)
head of state
first day cover (philately)
extremely angry / infuriated / enraged / headache caused by anger
leading / in first place / top of the list
to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
ship's bow
Jishou, county-level city and capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州, Hunan
bitter and hateful (idiom) / to grieve and lament (over sth)
left-hand side
to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头
to give a nod of approval
kowtow
to offer one's life in sacrifice
bandit
white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
handsome male companion / gigolo
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
to initiate
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)
death by hanging
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing
first season / first quarter
principal county magistrate in imperial China
white head of hair / fig. old person
right-hand side

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