created sense approved 先是 · xiānshì · at first — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
先是
xiānshì
at first
Used to describe a situation or action that happened first, often followed by words like [[后来|後來|hou4 lai2]] or [[然后|然後|ran2 hou4]] in the next part of the sentence
先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be
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created sense approved 先是 · xiānshì · before this — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
先是
xiānshì
before this
(literary) At an earlier time; previously. Often used at the beginning of a sentence when tracing back to past events.
先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · this
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created sense approved 先是 · xiānshì · former — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
先是
xiānshì
former
Former; original; initial
先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition