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第一

Mandarin · pinyin dì yī

first
most important; primary; foremost

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第: dì · sequence, number; grade, degree
一: yī · one; a, an; alone

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4–1 · di4 yi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dai6 jat1

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noun

(literally, figuratively) first; 1st
number one; #1; first (in a test, competition, etc.)

adv

firstly
being the most important consideration; being essential, or a priority; coming first
(Hakka, Sichuanese, Min) most

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