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先例

xiān lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

先例 (xiān lì) means "antecedent; precedent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 先例 means

1. precedent

The characters in 先例

• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 例lìexample; precedent; rule

Sounds the same

Read xiān lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 暹粒Siem Reap, Cambodia

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