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sinˉ¹先
Pinyin: xian1
Translations
nounleading; pioneering; initiating
nounpreceding; early; antecedent
nounelder generation; ancestor; forefather
nounbefore; early on; in advance
nounonly then/after (shortened for 先至)
nounfirst; lead; initiative | [ant] 後
nountemporarily; for the time being; for now
haiˍ₆係gamˊ²噉sinˉ¹先
简 系噉先
Pinyin: xi4 dan4 xian1
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nounthat's it for now; that's all for now; (inference) I have to go; see you later; bye (Std. Chinese: 就這樣吧)
nounthat is it for now
zitˍ₆捷zukˉ¹足sinˉ¹先dangˉ¹登
Pinyin: jie2 zu2 xian1 deng1
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noun姍姍來遲
nounbeat to the punch; the early bird catches the worm; the fastest reaches the goal; the race is to the swiftest
nounfaster feet reach first
sinˉ¹先tinˉ¹天sing˗₃性kyut˗₃缺haamˍ₆陷
Pinyin: xian1 tian1 xing4 que1 xian4
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nounbirth defect
sinˉ¹先jatˉ¹一paaiˎ₄排
Pinyin: xian1 yi1 pai2
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nounnot long ago; just before
nouna while ago, earlier
jyuˍ₆預sinˉ¹先paiˉ¹批hatˍ₆核
简 预先批核
Pinyin: yu4 xian1 pi1 he2
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nounpre-approval
meiˍ₆未gin˗₃見gunˉ¹官sinˉ¹先daaˊ²打baat˗₃八sapˍ₆十
简 未见官先打八十
Pinyin: wei4 jian4 guan1 xian1 da3 ba1 shi2
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noun未見其利先見其害
nounpay a heavy price to pursue an objective
sinˉ¹先haangˎ₄行
Pinyin: xian1 xing2
Translations
nounto go in advance; to go first | Spoken Cant.: 行先
noun(verb) Go first
sinˉ¹先saiˊ²使meiˍ₆未loiˎ₄來cinˎ₄錢
简 先使未來钱
Pinyin: xian1 shi3 wei4 lai2 qian2
Translations
nounspend future money in advance
nounspend what one has yet to earn; spend by borrowing
nounspending on credit (normally by using credit card or taking a loan)
ciˎ₄遲laiˎ₄嚟sinˉ¹先zauˊ²走
简 迟嚟先走
Pinyin: chi2 li2 xian1 zou3
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nounlate to come, first to leave; last in first out (e.g., with staff layoffs)
lingˏ₅領sinˉ¹先deiˍ₆地waiˍ₆位
简 领先地位
Pinyin: ling3 xian1 di4 wei4
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nounlead(ing) position
seotˉ¹率sinˉ¹先
Pinyin: shuai4 xian1
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nountake the lead (showing initiative)
noun(verb) To take the lead firstly
sinˉ¹先haangˎ₄行gunˉ¹官
Pinyin: xian1 xing2 guan1
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nouncommander of an advance unit or vanguard
nounpioneer; avant-garde
jauˉ¹優sinˉ¹先ci˗₃次zeoiˍ₆序
简 优先次序
Pinyin: you1 xian1 zhi4 xu4
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nounorder of priority
zikˉ¹職jipˍ₆業ginˍ₆健meiˏ₅美sinˉ¹先saangˉ¹生
简 职业健美先生
Pinyin: zhi2 ye4 jian4 mei3 xian1 sheng5
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nounprofessional bodybuilder
sinˉ¹先faat˗₃發zai˗₃制janˎ₄人
简 先发制人
Pinyin: xian1 fa1 zhi4 ren2
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nounpreemptive strike; steal a march; strike the first blow; forestall the enemy
jyuˍ₆預sinˉ¹先
简 预先
Pinyin: yu4 xian1
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nounprior; beforehand | [粵]: 預早
noun(prefix) Pre-
sinˉ¹先zi˗₃至haiˍ₆係
简 先至系
Pinyin: xian1 zhi4 xi4
Translations
nounbe really/actually/only | [Syn] 先係; [[國] 才是