释义 |
 | 先 | | xiān | 名副 | | 1 elder generation; ancestor; forebear: | | 先业 outstanding achievement of the forebears |
2 beginning (opp. 后1): | | 有言在先 make clear beforehand |
3 term of respect for the dead; deceased; late: | | 先父 my late father |
1 earlier; before; first; in advance (opp. 后1): | | 他比我先到。 He arrived before me. | | 我先说两句。 Let me say a few words first. | | 你不必先付款。 You don't have to pay in advance. | | 正式动笔前,你先拟个提纲。 Make an outline before you start writing. | | 没有什么先于经验的知识。 There is no knowledge prior to experience. |
2 [with a negative word “不”,“别”,etc. ] for the time being; for the moment: | | 你先别走,我有话跟你说。 Don't leave yet, I want to have a word with you. | | 这个问题先不谈吧。 Let's put this aside for the time being. |
3 〈口〉 earlier on; before; at first: | | 你先怎么不告诉我呢? Why didn't you tell me before? | | 他先说不去,后来又改了主意。 First he refused to go, but later changed his mind. |
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