先声夺人 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 先聲奪人 xiānshēngduórén ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ to gain the upper hand by a show of strength Character by character 先(xiān)beforehand 声(shēng)sound 夺(duó)seize 人(rén)person A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0