先事后得 xiānshìhòudé work first reward later Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 先 xiān adverb first earlier in time or sequence; beforehand; in advance事 shì verb to engage in (bound form) to be engaged in; to do; to work at后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence得 dé verb to get to obtain; to receive; to gain