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起先
qǐ xiān
What 起先 means
- at first; in the beginning
The characters in 起先
- 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
- 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
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- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ xiān correctly.
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