首shǒuⅠ ❶ （头） head: 昂 ～ hold one's head high; 搔 ～ scratch one's head
❷ （首领） leader; head; chief: 匪 ～ bandit chieftain; 祸 ～ chief culprit; 为 ～ with sb. as the leader
❸ （表示方位） aspect: 下 ～ right-hand seat; 左 ～ left-hand side
❹ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 仪 Shou Yi Ⅱ （出头告发） bring charges against sb.: 出 ～ inform against sb. Ⅲ ❶ (第一； 首先) first: ～ 批 the first batch; ～ 义 be the first to rise in revolt
❷ （最高的） highest; supreme: ～ 脑 head; ～ 席 chief Ⅳ （用于诗歌）: 《唐诗三百 ～》 《300 Tang Poems》； 一 ～ 歌 a song
◆首倡 initiate; start；
首车 first bus；
首创 initiate; originate; pioneer；
首次 for the first time; first；
首当其冲 be the first to bear the brunt; bear before others the brunt of an attack; bear the brunt of; be the first to be affected; occupy a foremost position; stand in the breach；
首敌 archenemy；
首都 capital; metropolitan；
首恶 chief criminal; principal culprit；
首犯 arch-criminal; chief criminal; main culprit；
首府 the prefecture where the provincial capital is located; the capital of an autonomous region or prefecture；
首富 [旧] the richest family of a district；
首航 first flight；
首肯 nod approval; nod assent; approve; consent；
首领 chieftain; leader; head；
首轮 the preliminary round (of election); road show；
首脑 head；
首脑会议 the summit conference; 首期工程 first-phase project; 首屈一指 come first the list; bear [carry off; take] the palm; be matchless; be second to none; come out first；
首任 the first to be appointed to an office；
首点 first point；
首调唱名法 “movable do” system；
首善之地[区] the national capital；
首饰 (woman's personal) ornaments; jewelry；
首鼠两端 waver in determination; be hesitating what course to adopt; be in two [twenty] minds; be undecided in one's course of action; have two minds; hesitate to act or choose one's course; shilly-shally; 首途[书] set out on a journey; start a journey；
首尾 the head and the tail; the beginning and the end; from beginning to end；
首位 the first place；
首乌 {中医} fleece-flower root; multiflower knotweed root; Radix Polygoni Multiflori；
首席 seat of honour; chief；
首先 first; in the first place; first of all; above all; [拉] primo；
首相 prime minister; premier；
首要 of the first importance; first; chief；
首义 [书] be the first to rise in revolt；
首映 release; first run；
首战告捷 win the first battle; {体} score a victory in the first game；
首长 leading cadre; senior officer；
首震 preliminary shock；
首字母 initial; standing initial；
首座 the head of the table; seat of honour |