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先人
xiān rén
What 先人 means
- ancestor; forefather
- sb's late father
The characters in 先人
- 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
- 人rénperson; people
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Read xiān rén, tone for tone, but written differently.
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