verb
to be the first to advocate; to initiate; to start
這事,因為是農會委員長孫小山倡首,當地的道士們頗恨孫小山。
这事,因为是农会委员长孙小山倡首,当地的道士们颇恨孙小山。
zhè shì , yīn wèi shì nóng huì wěi yuán zhǎng sūn xiǎo shān chàng shǒu , dāng dì de dào shì men pō hèn sūn xiǎo shān . Because the initiative in this matter was taken by the chairman of the peasant association, Sun Hsiao-shan, he is hated by the local Taoist priests.