后发先至 hòufāxiānzhì gaining mastery by striking second Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence发 發 fā verb to set out To start a journey; to depart先 xiān adverb first earlier in time or sequence; beforehand; in advance至 zhì conjunctionadverb to arrive (bound form) to arrive; to reach