MEANING/意义
    首先
      
  • shǒu xiān
      
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      1
      
    first; firstly; above all; first of all
    Type adverb/副词; pronoun/代词  
        
      2
      
    in the first place; first (of all) 
    Type adverb/副词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 首先是质量,其次是数量。
      
      
    shǒu xiān shì zhì liàng ,qí cì shì shù liàng .
      
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    First of all is quality, then next is quantity.

  • 首先要休息好,然后才能工作好。
      
      
    shǒu xiān yào xiū xi hǎo ,rán hòu cái néng gōng zuò hǎo .
      
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    First one needs to rest well; only then can he or she work well.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 首先...然后
      
    shǒu xiān...rán hòu
      
    sound for pinyin
    first...then
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