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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
at the present time / currently
HSK 3
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
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
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
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
ahead / the front
HSK 6
foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective
HSK 5
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
senior / older generation / precursor
HSK 7-9
preceding period / early stage
HSK 7-9
to advance bravely
HSK 7-9
the present time / to be faced with
HSK 5
the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)
HSK 5
(idiom) unprecedented in history
HSK 7-9
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
before this / before then / previously
HSK 6
prospects / future outlook / journey
HSK 4
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
HSK 7-9
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
in advance; before the event
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
premodifier (grammar)
prenatal / antenatal
front wheel
(military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
HSK 7-9
stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill
to have a promising future / to have bright prospects
(idiom) unprecedented
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
first half of one's life
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward
the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
previously
forearm
eve / the day before
HSK 7-9
omen / prior indication / first sign
front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
(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
ex-wife / late wife
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
not long ago
former president
ahead / formerly / in the past
foresight
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
HSK 7-9
premarital / prenuptial
not long ago / not long before
HSK 7-9
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
ex-girlfriend
precedent
to lean forward
prelude (music)
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
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds
front / front end / forward part of sth
morning / a.m. / first half of the day
lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom) / fig. everything will turn out for the best; let's worry about it when it happens; it will be all right on the night
to place before / frontal; leading / pre-
to have boundless prospects
front courtyard / front yard
a few (days, years etc) ago
not knowing what to do next / at a loose end
before then / up until that point
the day before (an event)
prostaglandin
Urat Front banner or Urdyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
forward pass (sport)

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