created reference approved 先斩后奏/先斬後奏 → 先行后闻/先行後聞 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
先斩后奏 / 先斬後奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu
先行后闻 / 先行後聞 xiānxínghòuwén
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 先斩后奏/先斬後奏 → 先斩后闻/先斬後聞 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
先斩后奏 / 先斬後奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu
先斩后闻 / 先斬後聞 xiānzhǎnhòuwén
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 先斩后奏/先斬後奏 · xiānzhǎnhòuzòu · to act first and report later — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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.
先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 斩 (literal) → 斩/斬 · zhǎn · to behead 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · after 奏 (literal) → 奏 · zòu · to memorialize
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition