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HSK
first (of all) / in the first place
HSK 3
capital (city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader
HSK 6
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
HSK 6
first batch
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
chief technology officer (CTO)
first session (of a conference etc)
first issue / first public showing
first person to be appointed to a post
head; boss; chief
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城)
first time
maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
to bear the brunt
head and tail
first season / first quarter
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)
first place
to count as number one (idiom); second to none / outstanding
to regard as the foremost / to name as a prime example / to implement for the first time
senior official
severed head
to win the first battle
to give a nod of approval
to initiate
(idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)
first day cover (philately)
(idiom) to hesitate / to remain undecided
chief marketing officer (CMO)
to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)
chief executive officer (CEO)
down payment
chief operating officer (COO)
chief representative
first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc)
acronym
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)
premiere of a movie
down payment
(linguistics) onset
Seoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea
debut
first floor / ground floor
Chief Justice
initial public offering (IPO)
initial letters
to join head to tail / bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam)
Seoul National University (SNU or Seoul National), Korea
capital territory / Australian Capital Territory (ACT) around Canberra 堪培拉
pioneer; trailblazer
onset and rime
the Capital Theater (in Beijing)
Beijing Capital International Airport
chief information officer (CIO)
Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)
chief financial officer (CFO)
first fixation duration
principal county magistrate in imperial China
leadership meeting
summit talks / discussion between heads of state
leadership conference / summit meeting
first round (of a competition etc)
first organized / to run sth for the first time
local capital / regional capital
Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing)
Capital University of Business and Economics, Beijing
to emphasize / to give the most weight to / to rank first


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