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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
the year before last
HSK 2
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
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
prospects / future outlook / journey
HSK 4
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective
HSK 5
premise / precondition / prerequisite
HSK 5
ahead / the front
HSK 6
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
senior / older generation / precursor
HSK 7-9
eve / the day before
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented
HSK 7-9
preceding period / early stage
HSK 7-9
the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
HSK 7-9
(military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
HSK 7-9
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
HSK 7-9
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
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
Former Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (351-395)
(acrobatics) front flip
to place before / frontal; leading / pre-
prefix (linguistics)
future (career etc) prospects
predecessor / forebears / the person facing you
anteroom / vestibule / lobby (of a hotel etc)
(literary) to go forward
front / front end / forward part of sth
former husband
front row
forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook
front wheel
forward pass (sport)
prequel
forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front
the previous dynasty
the eve / the night before
the road ahead
precursor / pioneer
preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
antecedents
ex-wife / late wife
the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)
outpost / (fig.) front line
to precede / to guide
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
to lean forward
cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
to have boundless prospects
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
criminal record / previous convictions
front courtyard / front yard
forelimb / foreleg
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
headlight
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
former hatred / bygone enmity
day before yesterday
forearm
front courtyard / vestibule
past events / antecedent / what has happened
human chest / breast
prelude / presage
previous life / previous incarnation
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
Maeda (Japanese surname)
Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉, Western Han dynasty
forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks
former love / former circumstances
don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
front line (military)
to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
fore hold (on ship) / bow cabin
to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
before today
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
(dialect) morning / forenoon
precedent
prostate
aforestated / stated above / the preceding statement
front part / front section
antecedent (logic)
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
preposition
front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
prelude (music)
ex-boyfriend
foreplay
Qianjin or Chienchin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
proventriculus / forestomach
recently

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