先睹为快 — Chinese idiom
先睹为快
xiān dǔ wéi kuài
Traditional: 先睹為快
Meaning
- to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy)
Character by character
- 先xiānfirst, former, previous
- 睹dǔto look at, to gaze at; to observe
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 快kuàispeedy, rapid, quick; soon
Idioms sharing a character
- 一马当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān
- 先来后到 xiān lái hòu dào
- 先入为主 xiān rù wéi zhǔ
- 先斩后奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
- 先发制人 xiān fā zhì rén
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng
- 敢为人先 gǎn wéi rén xiān
- 未卜先知 wèi bǔ xiān zhī
- 溘先朝露 kè xiān zhāo lù
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