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原先

yuán xiān

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

原先 (yuán xiān) means "originally". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 原先 means

1. originally
2. original
3. former

The characters in 原先

• 原yuánformer; original; primary
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now

Where 原先 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù–yùn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yuán xiān correctly.
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