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  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand
HSK 4
the day before yesterday
HSK 1
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
HSK 3
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
at the present time / currently
HSK 3
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
before one's eyes / now / at present
HSK 3
the year before last
HSK 2
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
HSK 3
forward / onward
HSK 5
previously / formerly / once upon a time
HSK 3
to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance
HSK 3
ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]
HSK 3
premise / precondition / prerequisite
HSK 5
in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of)
HSK 2
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
before; previously
HSK 5
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
ahead / the front
HSK 6
foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective
HSK 5
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
the present time / to be faced with
HSK 5
preceding period / early stage
HSK 7-9
to advance bravely
HSK 7-9
the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)
HSK 5
senior / older generation / precursor
HSK 7-9
before this / before then / previously
HSK 6
prospects / future outlook / journey
HSK 4
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
HSK 7-9
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
premodifier (grammar)
in advance; before the event
Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉, Western Han dynasty
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
HSK 7-9
forelimb / foreleg
predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)
HSK 7-9
to advance; to step forward
(military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
HSK 7-9
to have a promising future / to have bright prospects
(idiom) unprecedented
HSK 7-9
first half of one's life
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
prenatal checkup; antenatal examination
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
preschool education / early childhood education
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
(vehicle) headlight
forward pass (sport)
prequel
to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
previously
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
forearm
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
eve / the day before
HSK 7-9
stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill
omen / prior indication / first sign
front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
(literary) to go forward
hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds?
front part / front section
to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward
ex-wife / late wife
(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
HSK 7-9
former president
not long ago
prefix (linguistics)
ahead / formerly / in the past
(idiom) unprecedented in history
HSK 7-9
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
preschool
right forward (soccer position)
All Saints' Eve / Halloween
premarital / prenuptial
not long ago / not long before
HSK 7-9
prenatal / antenatal
until now; so far
forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook
forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front
the other day / a few days ago
HSK 7-9
regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
ex-girlfriend
precedent
prelude (music)
foreplay
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
former love / former circumstances
prehistoric man
each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead
HSK 7-9
to have a future full of promise
front / front end / forward part of sth

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