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先辈

xiān bèi

2-character word Traditional 先輩

What 先辈 means

1. an older generation
2. ancestors; forefathers

The characters in 先辈

• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people

Sounds the same

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

• 仙贝(loanword) senbei (Japanese rice cracker)

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