按时间先后 ànshíjiānxiānhòu chronological Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 按 àn preposition according to according to; in accordance with; in the light of时间 時間 shíjiān noun time the concept of time as a continuous flow of events from the past through the present to the future; often contrasted with 空间 kōngjiān先后 先後 xiānhòu order the order or sequence of events; priority in terms of being early or late