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be the first to bear the brunt; be the first to be affected (by a disaster, etc.)

shǒu dāng qí chōng

首 当 其 冲

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slmetabe the first to bear the brunt; be the first to be affected (by a disaster, etc.)
- zài zhàn zhēng zhōng shǒu dāng qí chōng
  在战争中首当其冲
  bear the brunt of the battle
- wǒ men cūn zài nà cì shuǐ zāi zhōng shǒu dāng qí chōng
  我们村在那次水灾中首当其冲。
  Our village was first hit by the flood waters.
- tè bié shì wén huà rén hé qīng nián xué shēng gǎn jué mǐn ruì shǒu dāng qí chōng
  特别是文化人和青年学生，感觉敏锐，首当其冲。
  The most susceptible, and the first to be affected, are the intellectuals and the young students.
- zài dà duō zhǒng zú bào lì shì jiàn zhōng hēi rén réng rán shì shǒu dāng qí chōng de shòu hài qún tǐ
  在大多种族暴力事件中，黑人仍然是首当其冲的受害群体。
  Black people continue to bear the brunt of most racial violence.

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