处女作

zhè shì zhè wèi dǎo yǎn de chǔ nǚ zuò

这是这位导演的处女作。

This is the director's first novel.

zhè běn shū yuǎn bù rú tā de chǔ nǚ zuò

这本书远不如她的处女作。

The book wasn't anything like as good as her first one.