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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 / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of)
HSK 2
before one's eyes / now / at present
HSK 3
at the present time / currently
HSK 3
previously / formerly / once upon a time
HSK 3
to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance
HSK 3
before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand
HSK 4
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
forward / onward
HSK 5
the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)
HSK 5
before; previously
HSK 5
the present time / to be faced with
HSK 5
before this / before then / previously
HSK 6
(of a deceased) during one's life / while living
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
the other day / a few days ago
HSK 7-9
to advance bravely
HSK 7-9
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
in the past / formerly
to be at a standstill / to mark time
before then / up until that point
to monopolize the limelight (idiom) / to get all the glory / to rank highest
(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy
(of children, parents etc) at one's side; living with one
in advance; before the event
prenatal / antenatal
front of the stage
ahead / formerly / in the past
to advance; to step forward
to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward
stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill
to come close / to get near to / front
to hesitate to move forward / to hesitate / to hold back
to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
to support the front (military)
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
(on the) chest / bosom
morning / a.m.
hesitant to take action
to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back
previously
premarital / prenuptial
pretax / before taxes
not long ago
before the common era (BC)
in front of the door
lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom) / fig. romantic surroundings
facing forwards
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
prehistoric times; (attributive) prehistoric
before that / beforehand / previously
(in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future
psyllium (genus Plantago)
to mark time and make no advances (idiom)
preoperative; before surgery
hesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom)
to falter / to stall
Chinese plantain (Plantago asiatica), perennial herb used in TCM
to hesitate to move forward / to balk / to jib
headlong


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