时间次序在前priority

• 先难后易

  the hard before the easy

• 先易后难，循序渐进。

  Make steady progress, resolving simple issues before tackling trickier ones.

• 争先恐后

  fight to come out on top for fear of falling behind

• 我们有约在先。

  We have a prior engagement.

• 我有言在先

  I have something to say before we begin

<口>参见：先前[xiānqián]

• 现在的生活比先强多了。

  Life is much better now than it was before.

• 你先怎么不告诉我？

  Why didn't you tell me before?

祖先；上代ancestor; previous generation

尊称死者late

行动在前first

• 应当先办这件事。

  This matter should be handled first.

• 你先听完再反驳。

  You should hear it out before you start being contradictory.

• 先把主要问题解决

  solve the principal problems first

• 必须先讲好

  things must be agreed on first

• 这件事我比你先知道。

  I knew about this before you did.

• 我先谈谈经过情形。

  Firstly I will talk about the ins and outs of the situation.

• 教育者必须先受教育。

  The educators must first be educated.