先...

先...

xian ˉ

(Ancestors, Deceased, Early, First, Former, In advance, Prior)

First, Early, In advance, Prior, Ancestors, Former, Deceased

xianˉ shiˋ

(First, Go back to)

First, Go back to the beginning

,

rhymes-先是

xianˉ yiˇ

(Start with, Starts)

Start with, Starts with

,

rhymes-先以

舉個例子

xianˉ juˇ ge˙ liˋ ziˇ

(Just to)

Just to raise one example, Just to bring up one example

>>先舉個例子

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rhymes-先舉個例子

學一會兒字母

xianˉ xueˊ yiˊ huiˋ erˊ ziˋ muˇ

(First spend)

First spend some time on letters

>>先學一會兒字母

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rhymes-先學一會兒字母

做再說

xianˉ zuoˋ zaiˋ shuoˉ

(First try, Then discuss)

First try, Then discuss

>>先做再說

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rhymes-先做再說

說清楚

xianˉ shuoˉ qingˉ chuˇ

(For the, To be clear)

To be clear, For the record

>>先說清楚

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rhymes-先說清楚

派我

xianˉ paiˋ woˇ

(First position)

First position me

, ,

rhymes-先派我

xianˉ fengˉ

(Pioneer, Vanguard)

Vanguard, Pioneer

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rhymes-先鋒

不要妄下斷論

xianˉ buˊ yaoˋ wangˋ xiaˋ duanˋ lunˋ

(Don't jump)

Don't jump to conclusions just yet, Don't jump to conclusions

>>先不要妄下斷論

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rhymes-先不要妄下斷論

xianˉ tianˉ

(Inherent, Innate)

Innate, Inherent

,

rhymes-先天

xianˉ daoˋ

(First go, First goes, First went)

First go to, First goes to, First went to

,

rhymes-先到

xianˉ zouˇ

(Go first, Goes first, Going first, Went first)

Go first, Goes first, Going first, Went first

,

rhymes-先走

你大概已經我一
步料到了

niˇ daˋ gaiˋ yiˇ jingˉ xianˉ woˇ yiˊ
buˋ liaoˋ daoˋ le˙

(You are)

You are probably already one step ahead of me

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>>你大概已經先我一步料到了

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如果你拿兩顆阿
斯匹靈來

ruˊ guoˇ niˇ xianˉ naˊ liangˇ keˉ aˉ
siˉ piˉ lingˊ laiˊ

(If you)

If you bring a couple of aspirin first

>>如果你先拿兩顆阿斯匹靈來

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, , ,

恐後

zhengˉ xianˉ kongˇ houˋ

(Scrambling)

Scrambling

, , ,

shuaiˋ xianˉ

(Lead, Take the lead)

Lead, Take the lead

,

這個就不說啦

zheˋ ge˙ jiuˋ xianˉ buˋ shuoˉ laˉ

(Let's)

Let's not talk about this for now

>>這個就先不說啦

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不過這個就不說啦

buˊ guoˋ zheˋ ge˙ jiuˋ xianˉ buˋ shuoˉ laˉ

(But let's)

But let's not talk about this for now

>>不過這個就先不說啦

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應該

yingˉ gaiˉ xianˉ

(Should have)

Should have first

>>應該先

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要是她沒殺死我的話

yaoˋ shiˋ taˉ meiˊ xianˉ shaˉ siˇ woˇ de˙ huaˋ

(If she)

If she doesn't kill me first

>>要是她沒先殺死我的話

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zuˇ xianˉ

(Ancestors)

Ancestors

,

yaoˋ xianˉ kanˋ

(First wanted)

First wanted to see

, ,

你應該要做好份
內的工作

niˇ yingˉ gaiˉ yaoˋ xianˉ zuoˋ haoˇ fenˋ
neiˋ de˙ gongˉ zuoˋ

(You should do)

You should do your own job first, You should do your own work first

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>>你應該要先做好份內的工作

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吃點東西

xiangˇ xianˉ chiˉ dianˇ dongˉ xiˉ

(Want, Want to)

Want to eat first, Want something to eat first

>>想先吃點東西

, , , , , 西

jiˉ xianˉ

(Initiative)

Initiative

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舉個例子 學一會兒字母 做再說 說清楚 派我 不要妄下斷論 你大概已經我一步料到了 如果你拿兩顆阿斯匹靈來 恐後 這個就不說啦 不過這個就不說啦 應該 要是她沒殺死我的話 你應該要做好份內的工作 吃點東西

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