第一手 (dì yī shǒu) — first-hand | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Means 'firsthand' — describing information, materials, or experience obtained directly from the source, not secondhand. 亲身 emphasizes the doer did it themselves; 第一手 emphasizes the information is direct from the source.

adjective

first-hand

Examples

第一手，。
Zhè xiē wén jiàn dōu shì dì yī shǒu cái liào, fēi cháng zhòng yào.
These documents are all first-hand materials and are very important.
第一手。
Jì zhě ná dào le dì yī shǒu de bào dào nèi róng.
The journalist got the first-hand content of the report.
第一手。
Tā yòng zì jǐ de dì yī shǒu jīng lì gào sù wǒ men yào xiǎo xīn.
She used her own first-hand experience to tell us to be careful.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

第一first

第dìordinal一yīone

偏正Modifier + head

第一 means first, and 手 is hand, so 第一手 describes information or experience from the original source.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

弟

弟dì第dì

Same sound today

第 shows 𥫗, the bamboo strips once used for writing and sorting, with 弟 giving the sound.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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