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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
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
at the present time / currently
HSK 3
before one's eyes / now / at present
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
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
the present time / to be faced with
HSK 5
to advance bravely
HSK 7-9
the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)
HSK 5
before this / before then / previously
HSK 6
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
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
to advance; to step forward
previously
stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill
to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward
not long ago
ahead / formerly / in the past
premarital / prenuptial
prenatal / antenatal
the other day / a few days ago
HSK 7-9
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
before that / beforehand / previously
facing forwards
pretax / before taxes
front of the stage
(of children, parents etc) at one's side; living with one
to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back
preoperative; before surgery
(in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future
before then / up until that point
prehistoric times; (attributive) prehistoric
to support the front (military)
lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings
morning / a.m.
(of a deceased) during one's life / while living
HSK 7-9
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
to be at a standstill / to mark time
to come close / to get near to / front
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
headlong
before the common era (BC)
a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
to hesitate to move forward / to hesitate / to hold back
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
Chinese plantain (Plantago asiatica), perennial herb used in TCM
to hesitate to move forward / to balk / to jib
in front of the door
to falter / to stall
to monopolize the limelight (idiom) / to get all the glory / to rank highest
to mark time and make no advances (idiom)
in the past / formerly
hesitant to take action
(on the) chest / bosom
hesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom)
(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy
psyllium (genus Plantago)


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