事先 shìxiān

HSK level

Traditional form

事先 shìxiān

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

事 shì

Explanation

The characters 史 Shǐ (history), 吏 lì (government official), 使 shǐ (cause; use; instruct), and 事 shì (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又 yòu ) holding some object. There are various theorie

Positional decomposition

⿻⿳一口彐亅

Number of Strokes

先 xiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a person (人 rén ) stepping forward (止 zhǐ ) leading the way.

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰？土儿

Number of Strokes

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演员 yǎnyuán 不出声地哼 hēng 着 zhāo 那 Nā 首 shǒu 已经 yǐjīng 事先 shìxiān 录 Lù 好 hǎo 音 yīn 的 de 歌曲 gē qǔ .

The actor mouthed the words of the recorded song.

他们 tā men 从 Cóng 事 shì 先 xiān 准备 zhǔnbèi 好 hǎo 讲稿的 de 演说 yǎn shuō 转向 zhuǎn xiàng 一 yī 问 wèn 一 yī 答 dā 的 de 形式 xíngshì .

They switched from set speeches to a question - and - answer format.

这 zhè 事先 shìxiān 慢 màn 点 diǎn 告诉 gàosu 他 tā .

Don't tell her about this yet.

事先 shìxiān 大家 dàjiā 毫无 háowú 察觉 chá jué 的 de 情况 qíngkuàng 下 xià 墙 qiáng 塌 tā 了 le .

The wall caved in without the slightest warning.

这 zhè 可不是 kě bu shì 头脑 tóu nǎo 一热作出 zuò chū 的 de 决定 juédìng 。我们 wǒmen 事先 shìxiān 仔细 zǐxì 地 de 讨论 tǎolùn 过 Guò 。

It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. We discussed it in detail beforehand.

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 事先 shìxiān and their own compounds.

事 shì

先 xiān

儿 ér , 牛 Niú

See all 40 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 事先 shìxiān in their composition.

事 shì

剚 zì , 倳

先 xiān

洗 xǐ

贊 zàn

鑽 zuān , 儹 zǎn , 欑 zàn , 灒 zàn , 籫 zuǎn , 劗, 囋, 巑, 攢 zǎn , 瓚, 礸, 禶, 穳, 纘, 臢 zā , 襸, 讚 zàn , 趲, 躦, 饡

选 xuǎn , 宪 xiàn , 铣 xǐ , 酰 xiān , 冼 xiǎn , 侁 shēn , 兟 shēn , 姺 xiǎn , 筅 xiǎn , 诜 shēn , 跣 xiǎn , 駪, 毨, 烍, 珗, 詵, 銑 xǐ

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