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Antecedent in Chinese: 先例 (xiān lì)

xiān lì

antecedent

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1antecedent
  2. 2precedent

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先
例

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ㄒㄧㄢ

xiān

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这样的事情以前没有先例。

    zhè yàng de shì qíng yǐ qián méi yǒu xiān lì。

    There has never been a precedent for something like this.

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Related words

先

xiān

early

先生

xiān sheng

teacher

例如

lì rú

for example

首先

shǒu xiān

first (of all)

比例

bǐ lì

proportion

事先

shì xiān

in advance

祖先

zǔ xiān

ancestors

例子

lì zi

case

领先

lǐng xiān

to lead

先进

xiān jìn

advanced (technology)

率先

shuài xiān

to take the lead

例外

lì wài

exception

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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