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先后

先後
xiānhòu
adverb/noun HSK 5 #17,117

Meanings

  1. 1 in succession
  2. 2 one after another
  3. 3 priority; order

Examples

他先后去了三个国家。
Tā xiānhòu qù le sān gè guójiā.
He visited three countries one after another.
不分先后，大家都有机会。
Bù fēn xiānhòu, dàjiā dōu yǒu jīhuì.
Regardless of order, everyone has a chance.
公司先后推出了两款新产品。
Gōngsī xiānhòu tuīchū le liǎng kuǎn xīn chǎnpǐn.
The company launched two new products in succession.

Tips

grammar
先后 + verb means 'did something successively/one after another.' It implies multiple events happened in sequence.

Stroke Order

先 xiān
后 hòu