领先(lǐng xiān): to lead

Watch how each character of 领先 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 领先 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 人生是一次长跑，暂时的落后和领先都不算什么。

  rén shēng shì yī cì zhǎng pǎo zàn shí de luò hòu hé lǐng xiān dōu bù suàn shén me

  Life is like a marathon, where short-term gains and losses are not significant in and of themselves.

• 皇家马德里在上半场处于领先，但切尔西最终赢得了比赛。

  huáng jiā mǎ dé lǐ zài shàng bàn chǎng chǔ yú lǐng xiān dàn qiè ěr xī zuì zhōng yíng dé le bǐ sài

  At the end of the first half Real Madrid were in the lead, but Chelsea won in the end.