首當其衝
shǒu​dāng​qí​chōng

to bear the brunt

  • created sense approved 首当其冲/首當其衝 · shǒu​dāng​qí​chōng · to bear the brunt — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    首当其冲 / 首當其衝

    shǒu​dāng​qí​chōng

    to bear the brunt

    To be the first to be affected by something, especially to be the first to bear the brunt of an attack or disaster.

    首 (literal) → 首 · shǒu · first 当 (literal) → 当/當 · dāng · facing 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · that 冲 (literal) → 冲/衝 · chōng · (bound form) thoroughfare

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense