Definition
为首 is a verb-object compound (离合词) meaning 'to be headed by' or 'to have someone as the leader'. It is most commonly used in the formal pattern '以…为首' (with … at the head). Although it is grammatically a separable verb, in practice it is rarely split and appears as a fixed unit in this pattern.
v.o.
to be headed byto have (someone) as the leader
Examples
- 为首。Zhège dàibiǎotuán yǐ Wáng xiānsheng wéi shǒu.This delegation is headed by Mr. Wang.
- 为首。Yǐ tā wéi shǒu de tuánduì qǔdé le jùdà chénggōng.The team led by him achieved great success.
- 为首。Zhè cì huìyì yǐ jǐ wèi zhuānjiā wéi shǒu jìnxíng tǎolùn.This meeting was led by several experts in the discussion.
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