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首映

Mandarin · pinyin shǒu yìng

to premiere (a movie or TV show)
premiere (of a movie)
first-run (movie)
to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)

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首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
映: yìng · project; reflect light

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3–4 · shou3 ying4

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sau2 jing2

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noun

premiere (of a film etc.); opening night

verb

to premiere

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