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天字第一号tiān zì dì yī hào从前对于数目多和种类多的东西,常用《千字文》文句的字来编排次序,‘天’字是《千字文》首句‘天地玄黄’的第一字,因此‘天字第一号’就是第一或第一类中的第一号,借指最高的、最大的或最强的。{number one in the world; A-1. The characters in the sentences in the Essay of One Thousand Characters were oft. used in the old times to indicate the sequence of things in great quantity or in great variety. 天tiān is the first character in the first sentence 天地玄黄.‘Heaven is black and earth yellow’ in the Essay of One Thousand Characters. Thus the phrase means ‘first’ or ‘number one,’ indicating sth. that is the highest, the biggest or the strongest.} |