xiān
shēng

noun
formal

Meaning of 先声

先声 means precursor; herald; an event of similar nature that occurs before a major event. Pronounced xiān shēng.

  • precursor; herald; an event of similar nature that occurs before a major event

Definitions & Examples

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The French Revolution of 1789 was the precursor to the bourgeois revolutions of various countries in the 19th century.

yùn
dòng
shì
Zhōng
guó
xīn
mín
zhǔ
zhǔ
mìng
de
xiān
shēng
 

The May Fourth Movement was the harbinger of China's New Democratic Revolution.

Zhè
chǎng
biān
jìng
chōng
bèi
rèn
wéi
shì
quán
miàn
zhàn
zhēng
de
xiān
shēng
 

This border conflict is considered a prelude to full-scale war.

zǎo
de
shí
yàn
xìng
zuò
pǐn
zhǐ
shì
hòu
lái
wěi
chéng
jiù
de
xiān
shēng
 

His early experimental works were merely the forerunner of later great achievements.