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儘先

简尽先 · 繁儘先

Mandarin · pinyin jǐn xiān

in the first instance
as a first priority

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先: xiān · first, former, previous
尽: jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete

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3–1 · jin3 xian1

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zeon2 sin1

Cantonese word readings for 儘先. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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