shì xiān

HSK 4

事先 (shì xiān) is a Chinese word meaning “in advance; before the event; beforehand”.

Meanings

  1. 1in advance
  2. 2before the event
  3. 3beforehand
  4. 4prior
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 事先

事shì · matter先xiān · beforehand; first; earlier

Related words

事matter先生teacher事情affair; matter; thing; business先beforehand; first; earlier故事old practice故事narrative; story; tale事实上in fact事实fact首先first of all; in the first place事儿one's employment事件incident; event好事good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")

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