Read Edit View history 先斩后奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu to act first and report later Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 先斩后奏 先斬後奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu to act first and report later Literally meaning to execute a criminal before reporting to the emperor, this idiom describes taking decisive action or handling a matter before getting approval from a superior. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.284 per million Cross-References Synonym 先行后闻 xiānxínghòuwén先斩后闻 xiānzhǎnhòuwén Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
先斩后奏 先斬後奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu to act first and report later Literally meaning to execute a criminal before reporting to the emperor, this idiom describes taking decisive action or handling a matter before getting approval from a superior. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.284 per million Cross-References Synonym 先行后闻 xiānxínghòuwén先斩后闻 xiānzhǎnhòuwén Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)