quán shì jiè dì yīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
world's first
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Original source entry:

全世界第一 全世界第一 [quan2 shi4 jie4 di4 yi1] /world's first/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 全
    quán

    all / whole / entire / every / complete

    Quán

    surname Quan

  • 世
    shì

    life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

    Shì

    surname Shi

  • 界
    jiè

    (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm

  • 第
    dì

    (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[dì liù] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

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