Ninchanese

to choose; to pick; to select; to elect

to wash; to clean; to bathe; to rinse; to develop (film, photo...); to erase; to clear; to shuffle (cards); to baptise; to purify

statute; constitution

acid radical; -acyl (chemistry)

to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. [xian3]

shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)

to advance

to inform; to inquire

large crowd

barefooted

to accumulate, to hoard, to store up

bamboo brush for utensils

name of an ancient state

large crowd

ancestors; previous generations; my late father

shilling (loanword)

antecedent; precedent

omen

deceased father; deceased senior male figure

prerequisite; precondition

before; previously

initial; arising first; same as 首先發起|首先发起

early or late; priority; in succession; one after another

my late father; my ancestors; the late emperor

distinguished precursor; famous thinker of antiquity

herald; precursor; harbinger

inborn; innate; natural

in advance; ahead; before; previously

deceased mother; mother of an ancestor

to introduce sb; to recommend

guide; forerunner; pioneer

deceased mother

prior; preexisting

in advance; beforehand; premature; front-end

key moment; decisive opportunity

priority; sth advocated first; refers to ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea.

martyr

deceased father; my late father

former kings; former emperors; in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao former kings; former emperors; in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou, Shun 舜, Yu former kings; former emperors; in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou, Tang 汤 and the kings of Zhou

prophet

deceased grandfather; ancestry

to precede others; in advance

foresight; prescience

person with foresight

worthy predecessor; distinguished person of the past; former sage

elders; former generations

famous and virtuous ancestors; the great men of the past

advanced (technology); to advance

vanguard; pioneer

to take precedence; to make an early start; to lead the way

pioneer

a priori (philosophy)

(dialect) first of all; in the first place

deceased paternal grandmother

congenital; intrinsic; innateness

forerunner

seer

advance party; advance troops

vanguard

pioneer

(lit.) first impression is strongest

precondition; prerequisite

preliminary question; priority problem; issues requiring more immediate attention

first come first served

order of priority; sequential order

to gain the upper hand by a show of strength

congenital deficiency; inherent weakness

posthumous edict of former emperor; Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 edict to posterity

marriage arranged following a pregnancy; marriage necessitated by an unplanned pregnancy

pre-recording; to pre-record

in order of arrival; first come, first served

the music of former kings

the rule of former kings

the way of former kings

foresight; having foresight; person of foresight

foresight

advanced weapon

advanced level

collectives

prior probability (statistics)

strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.

birth defect

to compete to be first; to contest first place

(in) advance; before the event; beforehand; prior

(dialect) before; in the past; previously

(to have) priority; prior; preferred; preferential; to take precedence; first

previously; before that; up to then

to take precedence

originally; original; former

to come first; previous; prior; beforehand; first; formerly

in the first instance; as a first priority

percent (loanword)

at first

to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall

previously; before

(the) very first

to take the lead; to show initiative

ancestor; forebears

at first; in the beginning

beforehand; in advance

to lead; to be in front

first (of all); firstly; before all others; in the first place; above all

preferential shares

daring vanguard; pioneer; leading figure

to take the lead

preliminary notification; to announce in advance

to come late and leave first; last in, first out (LIFO)

pioneer; trailbreaker

see 承前启后

to have a prior engagement

predictable; sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant

to age prematurely

direct ancestor

fortune-teller

bookkeeper (old)

a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin

martyr to the revolution

lead(ing) position

fengshui master; geomancer; stock figure in folk tales, as wise adviser or as charlatan

no first use (policy for nuclear weapons); NFU

prior purchase right; right of first refusal (ROFR); preemptive right to purchase

preemptive right (in share issue)

the guilty party files the suit; the thief cries thief

chronological

annoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly

to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to pre-empt; to anticipate; pre-emptive

first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later

joy of first experience (idiom); the pleasure of reading sth for the first time

peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

the quick-footed climb up first (idiom); the early bird catches the worm; first come, first served

to dare to be first; to pioneer (idiom)

the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

(lit.) the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities

body will go with the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

to flee at hearing the news (idiom)

of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)

(lit.) the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom); (fig.) an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows

the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom); to benefit from intimacy with an influential person