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领先

lǐng xiān

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 領先

领先 (lǐng xiān) means "to lead". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 领先 means

1. to lead
2. to be in front

The characters in 领先

• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now

Example sentences

• 你领先。
  You're in the lead.
• 台湾是高科技领先国。
  Taiwan leads in tech.
• 这款笔记型电脑价格亲民，技术领先。
  The laptop provides cutting-edge technology at an affordable price.
• 人生是一次长跑，暂时的落后和领先都不算什么。
  Rénshēng shì yīcì chángpǎo, zànshí de luòhòu hé lǐngxiān dōu bù suàn shénme.
  Life is like a marathon, where short-term gains and losses are not significant in and of themselves.
• 人生是一次长跑，暂时的落后和领先都不算什幺。
  Life is like a marathon, where short-term gains and losses are not significant in and of themselves.
• 第 35 分钟，汤姆头球破门，帮助球队取得领先。
  Tom scored a header in the 35th minute, putting his team in front.

Words starting with 领先

• 领先地位lǐng xiān dì wèilead(ing) position

Words containing 领先

• 遥遥领先yáo yáo lǐng xiān(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin

Where 领先 is taught

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

Go deeper

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