先 [xian1]

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汉字：先／拼音：xian1

先

xiān	early/ prior/ former/ in advance/ first

（先）的使用实例：

简体	繁体	拼音	英文
一马当先	一馬當先	yi1 ma3 dang1 xian1	to take the lead
不首先使用	不首先使用	bu4 shou3 xian1 shi3 yong4	no first use (policy for nuclear weapons)/ NFU
事先	事先	shi4 xian1	in advance/ before the event/ beforehand/ prior
事先通知	事先通知	shi4 xian1 tong1 zhi1	preliminary notification/ to announce in advance
占先	佔先	zhan4 xian1	to take precedence
尽先	儘先	jin3 xian1	in the first instance/ as a first priority
优先	優先	you1 xian1	to have priority/ to take precedence
优先承购权	優先承購權	you1 xian1 cheng2 gou4 quan2	prior purchase right/ right of first refusal (ROFR)/ preemptive right to purchase
优先股	優先股	you1 xian1 gu3	preferred stock
优先认股权	優先認股權	you1 xian1 ren4 gu3 quan2	preemptive right (in share issue)
先	先	xian1	early/ prior/ former/ in advance/ first
先下手为强	先下手為強	xian1 xia4 shou3 wei2 qiang2	strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.
先不先	先不先	xian1 bu4 xian1	(dialect) first of all/ in the first place
先人	先人	xian1 ren2	ancestors/ previous generations/ my late father
先令	先令	xian1 ling4	shilling (loanword)
先来后到	先來後到	xian1 lai2 hou4 dao4	in order of arrival/ first come, first served
先例	先例	xian1 li4	antecedent/ precedent
先兆	先兆	xian1 zhao4	omen
先入为主	先入為主	xian1 ru4 wei2 zhu3	the first impression is the strongest/ to hold a preconceived notion (about sth)
先公	先公	xian1 gong1	deceased father/ deceased senior male figure
先兵后礼	先兵後禮	xian1 bing1 hou4 li3	opposite of 先禮後兵\|先礼后兵[xian1 li3 hou4 bing1]
先到先得	先到先得	xian1 dao4 xian1 de2	first come first served
先前	先前	xian1 qian2	before/ previously
先君	先君	xian1 jun1	my late father/ my ancestors/ the late emperor
先哲	先哲	xian1 zhe2	distinguished precursor/ famous thinker of antiquity
先大母	先大母	xian1 da4 mu3	deceased paternal grandmother
先天	先天	xian1 tian1	inborn/ innate/ natural
先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐	先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂	xian1 tian1 xia4 zhi1 you1 er2 you1 , hou4 tian1 xia4 zhi1 le4 er2 le4	The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記\|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]
先天不足	先天不足	xian1 tian1 bu4 zu2	congenital deficiency/ inherent weakness
先天性	先天性	xian1 tian1 xing4	congenital/ intrinsic/ innateness

还有更多的使用实例被省略掉了。

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