敢为人先 — Chinese idiom
敢为人先
gǎn wéi rén xiān
Traditional: 敢為人先
Meaning
- to dare to be first
- to pioneer
Character by character
- 敢gǎnbold, brave; to dare, to venture
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 人rénman, person; people
- 先xiānfirst, former, previous
Idioms sharing a character
- 不敢恭维 bù gǎn gōng wei
- 不敢自专 bù gǎn zì zhuān
- 不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng
- 敢作敢为 gǎn zuò gǎn wéi
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不足为奇 bù zú wéi qí
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