先遣队 先遣隊

先

• 事先 shì xiān ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ si6 sin1 in advance
• 优先 優先 yōu xiān ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢ jau1 sin1 to have priority; to take precedence
• 先例 xiān lì ㄒㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˋ sin1 lai6 precedent
• 先前 xiān qián ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ sin1 cin4 before; previously
• 先天 xiān tiān ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ sin1 tin1 embryonic period (contrasted with 后天)

遣

• 派遣 pài qiǎn ㄆㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˇ paai3 hin2 to send (on a mission); to dispatch
• 消遣 xiāo qiǎn ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˇ siu1 hin2 to while the time away
• 娱遣 娛遣 yú qiǎn ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ jyu4 hin2 amusement
• 差遣 chāi qiǎn ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄢˇ caai1 hin2 to send (on errand)
• 排遣 pái qiǎn ㄆㄞˊ ㄑㄧㄢˇ paai4 hin2 to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc)

队 隊

• 团队 團隊 tuán duì ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ tyun4 deoi2 team
• 大队 大隊 dà duì ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ daai6 deoi6 group
• 带队 帶隊 dài duì ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ daai3 deoi6 to lead a team
• 掉队 掉隊 diào duì ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ diu6 deoi2 to fall behind
• 排队 排隊 pái duì ㄆㄞˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ paai4 deoi2 to line up

• 笨鸟先飞 笨鳥先飛 bèn niǎo xiān fēi ㄅㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄟ ban6 niu5 sin1 fei1 lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
• 敢为人先 敢為人先 gǎn wéi rén xiān ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ gam2 wai4 jan4 sin1 to dare to be first
• 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄥ zit3 zuk1 sin1 dang1 the quick-footed climb up first (idiom)

• 调兵遣将 調兵遣將 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ diu6 bing1 hin2 zoeng3 to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army

• 成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún jié duì ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ sing4 kwan4 git3 deoi6 (idiom) making up a group; forming a troupe; in large numbers; as a large crowd