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第一次
dìyīcì
1. the first time
2. first
3. number one
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown

第
dì
sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal
HSK 2 11 丶
一
yī
one; a, an; alone
HSK 1 1 丶
次
cì
order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
HSK 2 6 丶

Compound Words (1)

第一次世界大战
DìyīcìShìjièDàzhàn
World War One

Example Sentences (8)

第一印象就是在第一次见面时给别人留下的印象。
Dì yī yìnxiàng jiùshì zài dì yī cì jiànmiàn shí gěi biérén liú xià de yìnxiàng.
The first impression is the impression left on others when you first meet.
Text 5
我第一次跳舞是在七岁的时候。
Wǒ dì yī cì tiàowǔ shì zài qī suì de shíhou.
I danced for the first time when I was seven years old.
Text 2
当然。有些衣服第一次洗的时候会掉颜色，其实，有很多方法可以解决这个问题。在水里加勺盐再洗是最简单的方法。用盐水来洗新衣服，这样穿得再久、洗的次数再多，衣服也不容易掉颜色。
Dāngrán. Yǒuxiē yīfú dìyīcì xǐ de shíhòu huì diào yánsè, qíshí, yǒu hěnduō fāngfǎ kěyǐ jiějué zhègè wèntí. Zài shuǐ lǐ jiā sháo yán zài xǐ shì zuì jiǎndān de fāngfǎ. Yòng yánshuǐ lái xǐ xīn yīfú, zhèyàng chuān de zài jiǔ, xǐ de cìshù zài duō, yīfú yě bù róngyì diào yánsè.
Of course. Some clothes lose color the first time you wash them; in fact, there are many ways to solve this problem. The simplest method is to add a spoon of salt to the water and wash again. Wash new clothes with salt water; this way, no matter how long you wear them or how many times you wash them, the clothes won't fade easily.
Text 2
不是不是，我同学介绍的，昨天第一次见。
Bú shì bú shì, wǒ tóngxué jièshào de, zuótiān dì yī cì jiàn.
No, no, my classmate introduced us. We met for the first time yesterday.
Text 1
所以，给第一次见面的同事留下好的印象，以后的工作可能会更顺利；给第一次见面的顾客留下好的印象，你可能会卖出更多的东西。
Suǒyǐ, gěi dì yī cì jiànmiàn de tóngshì liúxià hǎo de yìnxiàng, yǐhòu de gōngzuò kěnéng huì gèng shùnlì; gěi dì yī cì jiànmiàn de gùkè liúxià hǎo de yìnxiàng, nǐ kěnéng huì màichū gèng duō de dōngxi.
So, if you leave a good impression on colleagues you meet for the first time, your future work may go more smoothly; if you leave a good impression on customers you meet for the first time, you may sell more things.
Text 5
所以，给第一次见面的同事留下好的印象，以后的工作可能会更顺利；给第一次见面的顾客留下好的印象，你可能会卖出更多的东西。
Suǒyǐ, gěi dì yī cì jiànmiàn de tóngshì liúxià hǎo de yìnxiàng, yǐhòu de gōngzuò kěnéng huì gèng shùnlì; gěi dì yī cì jiànmiàn de gùkè liúxià hǎo de yìnxiàng, nǐ kěnéng huì màichū gèng duō de dōngxi.
So, if you leave a good impression on colleagues you meet for the first time, your future work may go more smoothly; if you leave a good impression on customers you meet for the first time, you may sell more things.
Text 5
我第一次听说盐有保护衣服颜色的作用，生活中还真有不少课本上无法学到的知识。
Wǒ dì yī cì tīngshuō yán yǒu bǎohù yīfu yánsè de zuòyòng, shēnghuó zhōng hái zhēn yǒu bùshǎo kèběn shàng wúfǎ xuédào de zhīshi.
This is the first time I've heard that salt can protect the color of clothes, and there really is a lot of knowledge in everyday life that you can't learn from textbooks.
Text 2
但是，如果第一次见面给别人留下像不准时这样的坏印象，那么以后就很难让别人相信你。
Dànshì, rúguǒ dì yī cì jiànmiàn gěi biérén liú xià xiàng bù zhǔnshí zhèyàng de huài yìnxiàng, nàme yǐhòu jiù hěn nán ràng biérén xiāngxìn nǐ.
However, if at the first meeting you leave others with a bad impression like being unpunctual, then it will be hard for others to trust you in the future.
Text 5

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
927 of 84,292