事先
shìxiān
in advance, beforehand
Part of speech · adverb
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事matter
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先before
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Examples
- 请事先做好准备。Please make preparations in advance.
- 这件事他事先并不知道。He did not know about this beforehand at all.
Collocations
事先准备事先通知事先约定事先知道
Mnemonic
事 shì "matter" + 先 xiān "before": before the matter, i.e. in advance, beforehand. Used as an adverb. 事先准备 = to prepare in advance, 事先通知 = to notify beforehand. Opposite of 事后 (afterward).
Related
预先提前事后事前
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