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HSK
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
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
HSK 6
start of the year
head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader
HSK 6
Chief Justice
(linguistics) onset
beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)
to originate; to pioneer; to invent
HSK 7-9
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
HSK 6
first / first time / for the first time
HSK 6
local capital / regional capital
first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
to turn around; to look back / (fig.) to recall the past
HSK 7-9
head of state
HSK 7-9
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
foreword / preface
dagger
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛
chief information officer (CIO)
first case / first instance
chief executive officer (CEO)
to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
summit talks / discussion between heads of state
to bear the brunt
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
the most important / of chief importance
HSK 7-9
radical of a Chinese character
start of phrase or sentence
(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
HSK 7-9
head of state
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)
to behead; to decapitate
chief operating officer (COO)
chief / first / brightest and best
capital city of an autonomous region
HSK 7-9
jewelry / head ornament
HSK 7-9
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)
to bend one's head
HSK 7-9
Seoul National University SNU
seat of honor / first place
head of state / government leader
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
lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader
to give a nod of approval
Beijing Capital International Airport
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.)
initial letters
to join head to tail / bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam)
first batch
HSK 7-9
to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate
onset and rime
(military) decapitation strike
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing
(of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
first season / first quarter
leading / in first place / top of the list
to win the first battle
holder for door knocker
richest individual / top millionaire
first day cover (philately)
Seoul National University (SNU or Seoul National), Korea
leadership conference / summit meeting
senior official
to follow blindly (idiom) / to take as one's only guide
(idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens / (idiom) arrogant; haughty
nodding acquaintance
head / be headed by
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 be decapitated (idiom)
to initiate
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城)
first issue / first public showing
first place
Capital University of Business and Economics, Beijing
Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)
first time
to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities)
chief technology officer (CTO)
(idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)
head and tail
Mt Xianshou in Hubei
chief offender / main culprit
down payment
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)

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