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一作

Mandarin · pinyin yī zuò

first author (of an academic paper) (abbr. for 第一作者 dì yī zuò zhě)

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform

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1–4 · yi1 zuo4

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