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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 先

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Pinyin xiān

Radical

儿

Strokes

Definition

early / prior / former / in advance / first

Usage

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先哲 xiān zhé

distinguished precursor / famous thinker of antiquity

身先士卒 shēn xiān shì zú

to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead

未卜先知 wèi bǔ xiān zhī

predictable / sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant

先帝 xiān dì

Emperor Xian

先後 xiān hòu

early or late / priority / in succession / one after another

争先恐后 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

抢先 qiǎng xiān

to rush (to do sth urgent) / to try to be the first / to forestall

攘外必先安内 rǎng wài bì xiān ān nèi

You must first settle inside

捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng

the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served

擒贼先擒王 qín zéi xiān qín wáng

destroy the leader and the gang will collapse

先斩后奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu

first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later

先兆 xiān zhào

omen

首先 shǒu xiān

first (of all) / in the first place

先后 xiān hòu

early or late / priority / in succession / one after another

先进 xiān jìn

advanced (technology) / to advance

先前 xiān qián

before / previously

领先 lǐng xiān

to lead / to be in front

先锋 xiān fēng

vanguard / pioneer / avant-garde

原先 yuán xiān

originally / original / former

先是 xiān shì

former / original

先行 xiān xíng

to precede others / in advance

最先 zuì xiān

(the) very first

预先 yù xiān

beforehand / in advance

率先 shuài xiān

to take the lead / to show initiative

当先 dāng xiān

in the van / in the front ranks / at the head

先驱 xiān qū

pioneer

先天 xiān tiān

inborn / innate / natural

先秦 xiān Qín

pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC

先烈 xiān liè

martyr

先例 xiān lì

antecedent / precedent

先令 xiān lìng

shilling (loanword)

先生 xiān sheng

teacher / husband / doctor (dialect) / CL:位[wei4]

优先 yōu xiān

to have priority / to take precedence

先睹为快 xiān dǔ wéi kuài

joy of first experience (idiom) / the pleasure of reading sth for the first time

先祖 xiān zǔ

deceased grandfather / ancestry

事先 shì xiān

in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior

邓稼先 dèng jià xiān

Deng Jiaxian（人名）

先贤 xiān xián

worthy predecessor / distinguished person of the past / former sage

先辈 xiān bèi

elders / former generations

先遣 xiān qiǎn

sent in advance

先遣队 xiān qiǎn duì

advance party / advance troops

遥遥领先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān

a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin

先锋队 xiān fēng duì

vanguard

急先锋 jí xiān fēng

daring vanguard / pioneer / leading figure

先锋派 xiān fēng pài

avant-garde

先驱者 xiān qū zhě

pioneer

先验 xiān yàn

a priori (philosophy)

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