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第一作者

Mandarin · pinyin dì yī zuò zhě

first author (of an academic paper)

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第: dì · sequence, number; grade, degree
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform
者: zhě · that which; he who; those who

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4–1–4–3 · di4 yi1 zuo4 zhe3

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