xiān​yàn

transcendental; pre-experiential

  • created sense approved 先验/先驗 · xiān​yàn · transcendental; pre-experiential — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    先验 / 先驗

    xiān​yàn

    transcendental; pre-experiential

    a priori; (philosophy) relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions rather than observed facts

    先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first 验 (literal) → 验/驗 · yàn · to examine

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

    created sense