I often see (someone) online, but it's my first time to meet (that person) in person.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
上图是复活节拍的全家福,下图是乔一家人第一次带着老三到安养院探访乔的祖母时拍的。
上圖是復活節拍的全家福,下圖是喬一家人第一次帶着老三到安養院探訪喬的祖母時拍的。
shàng tú shì fù huó jié pāi de quán jiā fú , xià tú shì qiáo yī jiā rén dì yī cì dài zhe lǎo sān dào ān yǎng yuàn tàn fǎng qiáo de zǔ mǔ shí pāi de .
The top photo is a family portrait taken during Easter, and the bottom was taken when Joel [Sartore]’s whole family took the third child to the nursing home to visit Joel’s grandma for the first time.
Mandarin
我第一次申请美国旅游签证被拒签了。
我第一次申請美國旅遊簽證被拒簽了。
wǒ dì yī cì shēn qǐng měi guó lǚ yóu qiān zhèng bèi jù qiān le .
I was rejected when I applied for a tourist visa for the United States for the first time.
The first time I applied for a tourist visa for the United States I was rejected.
Mandarin
当地时间8月7日,四面楚歌的兰迪斯为自己做出了最后的辩护。这是他在B瓶尿样呈阳性结果被披露后接受的第一次采访。
當地時間8月7日,四面楚歌的蘭迪斯為自己做出了最後的辯護。這是他在B瓶尿樣呈陽性結果被披露後接受的第一次採訪。
dāng dì shí jiān 8 yuè 7 rì , sì miàn chǔ gē de lán dí sī wèi zì jǐ zuò chū le zuì hòu de biàn hù . zhè shì tā zài B píng niào yàng chéng yáng xìng jié guǒ bèi pī lù hòu jiē shòu de dì yī cì cǎi fǎng .
Floyd Landis, besieged on all sides, put up a final defense on August 7, local time. This was his first interview since his B urine sample revealed the presence of testosterone.
Mandarin
第一次婚姻
第一次婚姻
dì yī cì hūn yīn
first marriage
Mandarin
到这时 王力已在语言学研究上留下了许多第一 如第一次给出了语法的定义
到這時 王力已在語言學研究上留下了許多第一 如第一次給出了語法的定義
dào zhè shí , wáng lì yǐ zài yǔ yán xué yán jiū - shàng liú xià - le xǔ duō dì yī , rú dì yī cì gěi chū - le yǔ fǎ de dìng yì
By this time, Wang Li had already left many firsts in the study of lingustics, such as the first time giving a definition to "grammar".