No. 637 in Chinese
先后
"One after another; order or sequence."
In a sentence
他们先后完成了比赛和任务。
They completed the competition and the task successively.
'先后' here denotes actions happening in a sequential manner, implying that the competition was completed first, followed by the task.
他曾先后访问过多个国家。
He has visited multiple countries one after another.
'先后' here indicates a sequence of events, where the visits to the countries occurred consecutively over a period.
会议期间他先后发了三次言。
During the meeting, he spoke three times one after another.
'先后' in this sentence emphasizes the chronological order of his speeches during the meeting.
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