《說文解字》是第一本漢字字典。

"Shuowen Jiezi" was the first Chinese dictionary.

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1 說文解字 Shuōwén Jiězì Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 许慎 Xǔ Shèn in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries
=2 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=3 第一 dìyī
  1. first
  2. most important; primary; foremost
=3 第一 dì-yī
  1. (literally, figuratively) first; 1st
  2. being the most important consideration; being essential, or a priority; coming first
  3. first; 1st
  4. firstly
  5. number one; #1; first (in a test, competition, etc.)
4 本 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
5 漢字 hànzì Chinese character(s)
6 字典 zìdiǎn
  1. Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典 cídiǎn, which has entries for words of one or more characters)
  2. (coll.) dictionary

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