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Pinyin qián

Radical

刂

Strokes

Definition

before / in front / ago / former / previous / earlier / front

Usage

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前去 qián qù

前夕 qián xī

eve / the day before

前堵后追 qián dǔ hòu zhuī

Chase after blocking

前奏 qián zòu

prelude / presage

前妻 qián qī

ex-wife / late wife

婚前 hūn qián

premarital / prenuptial

前嫌 qián xián

former hatred / bygone enmity

捐弃前嫌 juān qì qián xián

bury the hatchet / sink a feud

孕前 yùn qián

progestation

前哨 qián shào

outpost / (fig.) front line

前厅 qián tīng

anteroom / vestibule / lobby (of a hotel etc)

勇往直前 yǒng wǎng zhí qián

to advance bravely

岗前 gǎng qián

pre-work

庙前 miào qián

Before the temple

前庭 qián tíng

front courtyard / vestibule

前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì

to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain

往前 wǎng qián

to move forwards

很早以前 hěn zǎo yǐ qián

long before

前後 qián hòu

around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear

前面 qián miàn

ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]

面前 miàn qián

in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of)

眼前 yǎn qián

before one's eyes / now / at present

向前 xiàng qián

forward / onward

前提 qián tí

premise / precondition / prerequisite

前后 qián hòu

around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear

前来 qián lái

to come (formal) / before / previously

前进 qián jìn

to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward

门前 mén qián

in front of the door

当前 dāng qián

current / today's / modern / present / to be facing (us)

前往 qián wǎng

to leave for / to proceed towards / to go

日前 rì qián

the other day / a few days ago

提前 tí qián

to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance

前辈 qián bèi

senior / older generation / precursor

前者 qián zhě

the former

前景 qián jǐng

foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective

前列 qián liè

the very front

名列前茅 míng liè qián máo

to rank among the best

惩前毖后 chéng qián bì hòu

lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again

前呼后拥 qián hū hòu yōng

have a retinue before and behind / be accompanied by a retinue

盛况空前 shèng kuàng kōng qián

a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)

摊前 tān qián

Before the stall

前期 qián qī

preceding period / early stage

前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu

unprecedented

桌前 zhuō qián

At the table

公元前 gōng yuán qián

BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)

前兆 qián zhào

omen / prior indication / first sign

先前 xiān qián

before / previously

目前 mù qián

at the present time / currently

前倨后恭 qián jù hòu gōng

to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)

此前 cǐ qián

before this / before then / previously

前殿 qián diàn

Front hall

汛前 xùn qián

Before the flood

科尔沁右翼前旗 Kē ěr qìn yòu yì qián qí

Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia

前沿 qián yán

front-line / forward position / outpost / extending ahead / frontier (of science, technology etc)

最前沿 zuì qián yán

forefront / cutting-edge

停滞不前 tíng zhì bù qián

stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill

以前 yǐ qián

before / formerly / previous / ago

前仰后合 qián yǎng hòu hé

to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth

前爪 qián zhuǎ

forepassed / forepast

畏缩不前 wèi suō bù qián

to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance

前列腺癌 qián liè xiàn ái

PCa(prostatic cancer)

前瞻性 qián zhān xìng

farsightedness / perspicacity / prescience / forward-looking

前瞻 qián zhān

forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook

瞻前顾后 zhān qián gù hòu

to look forward and back / to consider prudently / overcautious

前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì

one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave

从前 cóng qián

previously / formerly / once upon a time

前些年 qián xiē nián

previous years

前些时 qián xiē shí

Some time ago

前秦 Qián Qín

Former Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (351-395)

前移 qián yí

antedisplacement / forward lead

空前 kōng qián

unprecedented

窗前 chuāng qián

in front of the window / by the window

前端 qián duān

front / front end / forward part of sth

前线 qián xiàn

front line / military front / workface / cutting edge

锦绣前程 jǐn xiù qián chéng

bright future / bright prospects

前缀 qián zhuì

prefix (linguistics)

前缘 qián yuán

lip / snoot / leading edge

前肢 qián zhī

forelimb / foreleg

胸前 xiōng qián

(on the) chest / bosom

前胸 qián xiōng

human chest / breast

前列腺 qián liè xiàn

prostate

前列腺素 qián liè xiàn sù

prostaglandin

不久前 bù jiǔ qián

not long ago

前不久 qián bù jiǔ

not long ago / not long before

之前 zhī qián

before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand

前臂 qián bì

forearm

前臼齿 qián jiù chǐ

premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)

前茅 qián máo

forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks

前门大街 qián mén dà jiē

Qianmen Street

裹足不前 guǒ zú bù qián

to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back

前襟 qián jīn

the front part of a Chinese robe or jacket

犹豫不前 yóu yù bù qián

Hesitate

前贤 qián xián

people of virtue of the older generations

赛前 sài qián

pre-competition

前赴后继 qián fù hòu jì

to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)

超前 chāo qián

to be ahead of one's time / to surpass or outdo one's predecessors / to be ahead of the pack / to take the lead / advanced

跟前 gēn qián

the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)

踌躇不前 chóu chú bù qián

to hesitate to move forward / to hesitate / to hold back

马失前蹄 mǎ shī qián tí

lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness

老前辈 lǎo qián bèi

one's senior / one's elder

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