表率 biǎoshuài example
example; model
How to remember 表率: 表 indicator + 率 to command = example.
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How it is used
- A role model / example to follow - 起表率作用 (qǐ biǎoshuài zuòyòng) to set an example; 做表率 (zuò biǎoshuài) be a model.
- Formal, positive; emphasizes leading by example (率 = to lead), often of officials or seniors.
- 率 is read shuài here (to lead), not lǜ.