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從先

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Mandarin · pinyin cóng xiān

(dialect) before
in the past
previously

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從: cóng · from, by, since, whence, through
先: xiān · first, former, previous
从: cóng · from, by, since, whence, through

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2–1 · cong2 xian1

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