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HSK
the day before yesterday
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of)
HSK 2
the year before last
HSK 2
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
HSK 3
to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance
HSK 3
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
HSK 3
ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]
HSK 3
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
previously / formerly / once upon a time
HSK 3
before one's eyes / now / at present
HSK 3
at the present time / currently
HSK 3
prospects / future outlook / journey
HSK 4
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand
HSK 4
the present time / to be faced with
HSK 5
foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective
HSK 5
forward / onward
HSK 5
premise / precondition / prerequisite
HSK 5
before; previously
HSK 5
the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)
HSK 5
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
ahead / the front
HSK 6
before this / before then / previously
HSK 6
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
senior / older generation / precursor
HSK 7-9
the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
HSK 7-9
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented
HSK 7-9
preceding period / early stage
HSK 7-9
(military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
HSK 7-9
the other day / a few days ago
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented in history
HSK 7-9
eve / the day before
HSK 7-9
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)
HSK 7-9
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
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
HSK 7-9
not long ago / not long before
HSK 7-9
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
to advance bravely
HSK 7-9
each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead
HSK 7-9
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
(of a deceased) during one's life / while living
HSK 7-9
to mark time and make no advances (idiom)
Taiqian county in Puyang 濮陽|濮阳, Henan
fenestra vestibuli (of inner ear)
First epistle of St Paul to Timothy
Former Qin (351–395), a dynastic state of China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
(acrobatics) front flip
farsightedness / perspicacity / prescience / forward-looking
to place before / frontal; leading / pre-
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
former husband
prefix (linguistics)
to rank among the best
future (career etc) prospects
hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds?
lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom) / fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert
pretax / before taxes
predecessor / forebears / the person facing you
anteroom / vestibule / lobby (of a hotel etc)
(literary) to go forward
(on the) chest / bosom
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
front / front end / forward part of sth
prenatal / antenatal
prepharynx (biology)
Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
front row
to have a promising future / to have bright prospects
forward pass (sport)
prequel
to advance; to step forward
forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook
front wheel
front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
reach truck
forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front
the previous dynasty
the eve / the night before
the road ahead
precursor / pioneer
(in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future
lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
antecedents
in advance; before the event
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
ex-wife / late wife
the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)

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