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身先士卒

shēn xiān shì zú

4-character word

What 身先士卒 means

1. to fight at the head of one's troops
2. (fig.) to take the lead

The characters in 身先士卒

• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 卒zúsoldier; servant; to finish

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