前 qián
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qián
noun
front
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 前面 'front' in terms of phyiscal position (ABC 'qián' 前 bf; Kroll 2015 '前' 1; NCCED '前' 2; Unihan '前') -
qián
noun
former; the past
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: For example, 前所未有 'never happened in the past, i.e. unprecedented' (CCI '前所未有'; Kroll 2015 '前' 2; NCCED '前' 3; Unihan '前'). -
qián
verb
to go forward
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1a; NCCED '前'; Unihan '前') -
qián
adjective
preceding
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 5) -
qián
adjective
before; earlier; prior
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 2; Kroll 2015 '前' 2; NCCED '前' 4; Unihan '前') -
qián
verb
to appear before
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1b) -
qián
noun
future
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (NCCED '前' 6) -
qián
noun
top; first
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 7) -
qián
noun
battlefront
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
Notes: (NCCED '前' 8) -
qián
prefix
pre-
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 前总统 'former president' (ABC 'qián' 前 pref)
Contained in
- 空前未有 unprecedented
- 车前草(車前草) Plantago asiatica
- 胸前 (on the) chest; bosom
- 前襜 an apron
- 前照灯(前照燈) (vehicle) headlight
- 黎明前的黑暗 darkness comes before dawn; things can only get better
- 关公面前耍大刀(關公面前耍大刀) to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan
- 前列腺炎 prostatitis
- 面前 in front of; presence
- 复蹈前辙(復蹈前轍) to follow the path of a previous carriage; not able to learn from lessons of others
- 年前 years ago
- 前不着村,后不着店(前不著村,後不著店) no village ahead and no inn behind; to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- 前灯(前燈) headlight
- 前咽 prepharynx
- 有宝何必人前夸(有寶何必人前誇) There is no need to boast about one's treasures.
- 各奔前程 each person has his own life to lead
- 目前 at present
- 近在眼前 right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
- 大车前草(大車前草) plantago major
- 尽释前嫌(盡釋前嫌) to resolve former enmity
- 此时以前(此時以前) heretofore
- 前军(前軍) forward army
- 蹒跚不前(蹣跚不前) to falter; to stall
- 西元前 Before the Common Era (BCE)
- 前事不忘,后事之师(前事不忘,後事之師) don't forget past events, they can guide you in future; benefit from past experience
- 前天 the day before yesterday
- 前人栽树,后人乘凉(前人栽樹,後人乘涼) to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors.
- 盛况空前(盛況空前) a magnificent and unprecedented event
- 右前卫(右前衛) right forward (soccer position)
- 早前 previously
- 学前班(學前班) preschool
- 前门打虎,后门打狼(前門打虎,後門打狼) to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back
- 冰释前嫌(冰釋前嫌) to forget previous differences; to bury the hatchet
- 前几天(前幾天) a few days before
- 长江后浪推前浪(長江後浪推前浪) the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before; the new is constantly replacing the old; each new generation excels the previous
- 五百年前是一家 five hundred years ago we were the same family (said of persons with the same surname)
- 承前启后(承前啟後) to follow the past and herald the future; part of a historical transition/forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
- 前此 before today
- 好汉不吃眼前亏(好漢不吃眼前虧) a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him
- 前功皆弃(前功皆棄) previous merits all abandoned
- 前者 the former
- 车前(車前) Plantago asiatica
- 前生召唤(前生召喚) foreordination
- 前额(前額) forehead
- 婚前财产公证(婚前財產公證) prenuptial agreement; dowry contract
- 车到山前必有路(車到山前必有路) When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through.; Everything will turn out for the best.; Let's worry about it when it happens.; It will be all right on the night.
Also contained in
乌拉特前旗 、 次前元音 、 开前不圆唇元音 、 史前 、 科尔沁右翼前旗
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 176
- 卷七十 志第二十一: 禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 144
- 卷六十七 志第十八: 禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 116
- 卷18 志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 103
- 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 96
- 卷七十三 志第二十四: 祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 94
- 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 85
- 卷七十六 志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 75
- 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 72
- 卷一百〇五 表第六 功臣世表一 Volume 105 Tables 6: Ministers with Outstanding Service 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 68
Collocations
- 阶前 (階前) 主人坐奠爵于階前 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 27
- 筵前 (筵前) 賔筵前坐 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 18
- 席前 (席前) 掃席前曰拚 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 15
- 前定 (前定) 前定之戰也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 10
- 前北面 (前北面) 殯前北面 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 9
- 君前 (君前) 君前臣名也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
- 阼阶前 (阼階前) 主人阼階前西面坐奠爵 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 6
- 马前 (馬前) 申犀稽首於王之馬前 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
- 祝前 (祝前) 祝前尸 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士虞禮 第十四 14. Post burial rites for a common officer — count: 5
- 前适 (前適) 自席前適阼階上 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 4