先斩后奏
先斩后奏
xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
idiom
Traditional: 先斬後奏
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- (idiom) first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
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Related Words
一回生二回熟(yī huí shēng èr huí shú)— unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
→一拍即合(yī pāi jí hé)— lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)— before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
→先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐(xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè)— The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹|范仲淹
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