早先 zǎoxiān

zǎoxiān adverb at first; previously
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 起初 or 从前 (CC-CEDICT '早先'; Guoyu '早先')

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 4 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 2 Quotations from Abbot Ru Jing 如淨和尚語錄 — count: 1