Top down
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó ush à NGM à Xi à, meaning from top to bottom, from beginning to end. It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.
Idiom explanation
The first time.
Idioms and allusions
[source] Chapter 19 of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua written by Xiaosheng Lan Ling of Ming Dynasty: "it's just like we put this matter in the head, so we can't let this night go!"
[example] Chapter 91 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "my uncle is the last to come. Please stay here and have dinner before you go."
Discrimination of words
Usage: used as predicate or clause; refers to the first time
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