xiān​biān

to lead the way

  • created reference approved 先鞭 → 着先鞭/著先鞭 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    先鞭 xiān​biān

    着先鞭 / 著先鞭 zhuó​xiān​biān

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 先鞭 · xiān​biān · to lead the way — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    先鞭

    xiān​biān

    to lead the way

    to be the first to do something or to achieve success before others; literally to use the whip first to start a horse ahead of others

    先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 鞭 (literal) → 鞭 · biān · to whip

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense