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xiān​xíng​hòu​wén

to act first and report later

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 先行 xiān​xíng
    beforehand
    To do something earlier than other actions or events; in advance
  2. 后 後 hòu locativepreposition
    after
    (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence
  3. 闻 聞 wén adjectiveverb
    to hear
    (literary) to hear; to catch the sound of something