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领先

lǐngxiān

to lead; to be ahead

HSK 3 · Topic “Goals and success”
A runner ahead on a track
Memory picture

Characters in this word

领 lǐng

Strokes
11
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
令 command, decree, order 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

先 xiān

Strokes
6
Radical
儿 — son, child
Made of
𠂒 small 儿 son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我们领先了。 Wǒmen lǐngxiān le. We are ahead now.
  • 他现在领先。 Tā xiànzài lǐngxiān. He is leading now.
  • 红队领先一分。 Hóng duì lǐngxiān yì fēn. The red team leads by one point.

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