先发制人

先
先
发
發
制
制
人
人
to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt / to anticipate / preemptive

Characters and words in 先发制人

先
xia̅n = xi + an1
early / prior / former / in advance / first
先 = ⺧ + 儿 : Mnemonic symbol: the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS.

In front of the anthill, Sun Wukong, the FLOTUS and Marie Curie dance around the golden calf. When it comes to be in favour of their gods, everyone of them wants to be first.
先
先
发
發
to take preemptive action / (sports) to be in the starting lineup / (of a baseball pitcher) to be the starting pitcher
发
發
fa̅ = f + a1
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
发
髮
fà = f + a4
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]
发 = 山 + 又 : Frankenstein wants to eat lunch in the ashram's bathroom, but wearing boxing gloves, he's unable to unwind that one long, red hair from his forks.
制
zhì = zh + Ø4
system / to control / to regulate / variant of 製|制[zhi4]
制
製
zhì = zh + Ø4
to manufacture / to make
制 = 牛 + 巾 + 刂 : James II of England (zh) and the bull (牛) have to work in a sweatshop in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) where they manufacture (制) one printed circuit board (制) after the other. Their only tools are kitchen knives (刂) with which they carve the boards. They sweat a lot, so each of them has a towel (巾) wrapped around their neck.
人
rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

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