先例

shǐ wú xiān lì

史无先例

unprecedented

zhè zài guó jì shang shì yǒu xiān lì de

这在国际上是有先例的。

There is international precedent for this.

kāi xiān lì

开先例

set a precedent

yǒu xiān lì kě yuán

有先例可援

have a precedent to go by

kāi chuàng xiān lì

开创先例

set a precedent

tí gōng xiān lì

提供先例

serve as precedent

xiào fǎng xiān lì

效仿先例

copy the precedent

yuán yǐn xiān lì

援引先例

follow a precedent

zūn xún xiān lì

遵循先例

follow a precedent

gēn jù lì shǐ xiān lì

根据历史先例

according to a historical precedent

bù yào yǐ cǐ wéi xiān lì

不要以此为先例。

Don't take this as a precedent.

rú guǒ yǔn xǔ tā zhè yàng zuò jiù huì wèi bié rén kāi xiān lì

如果允许他这样做，就会为别人开先例。

If he is allowed to do this, it will be a precedent for others.

nán xìng yīn hái zi chū shēng ér xiū jià de xiān lì bù duō

男性因孩子出生而休假的先例不多。

There's not much precedent for men taking leave when their baby is born.

zhè yī lèi jiāo yì bìng méi yǒu xiān lì

这一类交易并没有先例。

This kind of deal is unprecedented.