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先小人,後君子
Mandarin: xian1 xiao3 ren2 , hou4 jun1 zi3
Simplified: 先小人,后君子
discuss or finalise about the practicals or actuals before emotions and relationships comes into consideration (business)
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先幾日
Cantonese
a few days ago
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先後
Mandarin: xian1 hou4
early or late; priority; in order; in succession
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先手
Mandarin: xian1 shou3
the first to take action
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先排
Mandarin: xian1 pai2
not so long ago
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先排
Cantonese
not so long ago [華]: 前些日子
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先敬羅衣後敬人
Mandarin: xian1 jing4 luo2 yi1 hou4 jing4 ren2
Simplified: 先敬罗衣后敬人
judge people by one's clothing
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先時
Mandarin: xian1 shi2
Simplified: 先时
in the beginning; earlier on
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先烈
Mandarin: xian1 lie4
martyr
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先生
Mandarin: xian1 sheng5
(used before a man's family name) Mr.
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先發制人
Mandarin: xian1 fa1 zhi4 ren2
preemptive strike; steal a march; strike the first blow; forestall the enemy
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先睹為快
Mandarin: xian1 du3 wei2 kuai4
to have the pleasure to be the first person to see sth.
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先知
Mandarin: xian1zhi1
(verb) Aware
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先祖
Mandarin: xian1 zu3
deceased grandfather; ancestry; ancestor
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先禮後兵
Mandarin: xian1 li3 hou4 bing1
Simplified: 先礼后兵
(idiom) (figurative) Negotiation will be used to reach a solution before using military force
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先考
Mandarin: xian1 kao3
Deceased father
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先至
Mandarin: xian1 zhi4
(adv.) only then; not until; only after; then
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先至係
Cantonese
be really/actually/only | [Syn] 先係; [[國] 才是
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先行
Mandarin: xian1xing2
(verb) Go first
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先行
Mandarin: xian1 xing2
to go in advance; to go first | Spoken Cant.: 行先
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先行官
Mandarin: xian1 xing2 guan1
commander of an advance unit or vanguard
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先行官
Mandarin: xian1 xing2 guan1
pioneer; avant-garde
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先行者
Mandarin: xian1 xing2 zhe3
Xianxingzhe (a.k.a., Pioneer)
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先見之明
Mandarin: xian1 jian4 zhi1 ming2
foresight
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先見者
Mandarin: xian1 jian4 zhe3
seer
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先輩
Mandarin: xian1 bei4
forefather; elder generation; forerunner; ancestor
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先進
Mandarin: xian1 jin4
advanced
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先進武器
Mandarin: xian1 jin4 wu3 qi4
advanced weapon
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先進水平
Mandarin: xian1 jin4 shui3 ping2
advanced level
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先進集體
Mandarin: xian1 jin4 ji2 ti3
collectives
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