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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
the day before yesterday
HSK 1
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
HSK 3
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
the year before last
HSK 2
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
HSK 3
ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]
HSK 3
premise / precondition / prerequisite
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
preceding period / early stage
HSK 7-9
senior / older generation / precursor
HSK 7-9
prospects / future outlook / journey
HSK 4
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)
Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉, Western Han dynasty
forelimb / foreleg
predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)
HSK 7-9
(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
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
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)
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
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
(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
HSK 7-9
former president
prefix (linguistics)
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
not long ago / not long before
HSK 7-9
forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook
forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front
ex-girlfriend
precedent
prelude (music)
foreplay
a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
former love / former circumstances
to have a future full of promise
front / front end / forward part of sth
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
morning / a.m. / first half of the day
former Soviet Union
to place before / frontal; leading / pre-
front courtyard / front yard
a few (days, years etc) ago
not knowing what to do next / at a loose end
(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
the day before (an event)
prostaglandin
former prime minister
vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)
cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
skirmish
there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless
fenestra vestibuli (of inner ear)
top three
to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
preconscious / preconsciousness
predecessor / forebears / the person facing you
human chest / breast
anteroom / vestibule / lobby (of a hotel etc)
recently
a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
previous life / previous incarnation
prefrontal cortex (PFC)
preposition
farsightedness / perspicacity / prescience / forward-looking
(chemistry, biology) precursor
Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2
front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
ex-boyfriend
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
foremast
outpost / (fig.) front line
former prime minister
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
to precede / to guide
(perfumery) top note
before / day before yesterday
pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago

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