「先發制人」
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Pronunciation: | sin1 faat3 zai3 jan4 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
先 first; before; earlier; ago; used as a prefix; temporarily; tentatively; for the time being; for now; not until; then and only then; for no other reason; only; actually; really; in fact 發 send out; get rich; to occur; to start; to rise; to produce; to send out; to distribute; to allocate; to spread out; to express; to develop; to become; to flourish; to feel; to expose; to discover; to invent; to whisk; to whip someone; to prosper; to be rich; to worsen; to grow a plant 制 to limit; to control; to restrict; to establish; to make; to create; to set up; policy; system; institution 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to gain the initiative by striking the first blow; to forestall one's opponent by preemptive tactics
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