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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
to lead / to be in front
HSK 3
first (of all) / in the first place
HSK 3
to take the lead / to show initiative
HSK 4
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
HSK 4
originally / original / former
HSK 5
to have priority; to take precedence
HSK 5
beforehand; in advance
HSK 7-9
ancestors; forebears / (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
HSK 7-9
to rush (to do sth urgent) / to try to be the first / to forestall
(the) very first
to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly
(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
(idiom) to take the lead
(dialect) before / in the past / previously
to compete to be first / to contest first place
Diocletian (c. 245-311), Roman emperor
to take precedence
previously / before
at first
to have a prior engagement
percent (loanword)
at first; in the beginning
(dialect) first of all; in the first place
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
Ladies first!
direct ancestor
in the first instance / as a first priority
previously / before that / up to then
to dare to be first / to pioneer (idiom)


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