先斩后奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu to act first and report later Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 先斩后奏 先斬後奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu to act first and report later Literally meaning to execute a criminal before reporting to the emperor, this idiom describes taking decisive action or handling a matter before getting approval from a superior. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.284 per million Cross-References Synonym 先行后闻 xiānxínghòuwén先斩后闻 xiānzhǎnhòuwén Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
先斩后奏 先斬後奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu to act first and report later Literally meaning to execute a criminal before reporting to the emperor, this idiom describes taking decisive action or handling a matter before getting approval from a superior. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.284 per million Cross-References Synonym 先行后闻 xiānxínghòuwén先斩后闻 xiānzhǎnhòuwén Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
