先发制人 xiānfāzhìrén to strike first Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 先发 先發 xiānfā to take preemptive action To take the lead or act first in order to gain the initiative.制 zhì verb to control to restrict; to govern; to keep under control人 rén nounpronoun other people other people; others; another person