前 qián

1. qián adjective 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; Guoyu '前' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '前' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 2; Unihan '前')
2. 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, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 3; Unihan '前').
3. qián verb to go forward
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1a; NCCED '前'; Unihan '前')
4. qián adjective preceding
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 5)
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, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 4; Unihan '前')
6. qián verb to appear before
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1b, p. 361)
7. qián noun future
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (NCCED '前' 6)
8. qián noun top; first
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 7)
9. qián noun battlefront
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
   Notes: (NCCED '前' 8)
10. 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

• 前夜 the eve; the night before
• 前途 the road ahead ; prospects; outlook; future
• 前月 last month
• 前列腺素 prostaglandin
• 前台(前臺) foreground ; front desk; reception desk
• 前景可期 to have a promising future; to have bright prospects
• 双后前兵开局(雙后前兵開局) Double Queen Pawn Opening; Closed Game (chess)
• 前例 precedent
• 前无古人后无来者(前無古人後無來者) to surpass all others of its kind before and since; to have neither predecessors nor successors
• 前体(前體) precursor
• 前奏 prelude; presage
• 前虑(前慮) advance planning; forethought
• 前尘(前塵) past affairs
• 前母 father's first wife
• 前置宾语(前置賓語) fronted object
• 经济前途(經濟前途) economic future; economic outlook
• 前院 front courtyard; front yard
• 前审(前審) antecedant trial
• 前鼻音 alveolar nasal; consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge
• 前景 foreground; vista ; future circumstances; prospects
• 大前提 major premise
• 前心 breast
• 前所未闻(前所未聞) unheard-of; unprecedented
• 黎明前的黑暗 darkness comes before dawn; things can only get better
• 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
• 产前检查(產前檢查) prenatal examination; antenatal examination
• 事前 in advance; before the event
• 好前程 a bright future
• 面前 in front of; presence
• 前清末造 the final years of the Qing dynasty
• 前情 former love; former circumstances
• 餐前酒 aperitif
• 前茅 forward patrol ; top ranks
• 提摩太前书(提摩太前書) First epistle of St Paul to Timothy
• 台前 Taiqian ; front of the stage
• 眼前 now; present ; in front of one's eyes
• 前列腺炎 prostatitis
• 前门拒虎，后门进狼(前門拒虎，後門進狼) to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back
• 一直往前 straight ahead
• 前期 preceding period; early stage ; to expect
• 前面 in front of; facing
• 车前(車前) Plantago asiatica
• 前辈(前輩) a senior
• 前引 to lead forward

Also contained in

半闭前不圆唇元音 、 前端总线 、 前金区 、 半开前不圆唇元音 、 科右前旗 、 前桥 、 前属词

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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: 172
• 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: 115
• 卷18　志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 100
• 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: 94
• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 92
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 82
• 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: 70
• 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
• 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: 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
• 前王 (前王) 於乎前王不忘 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧烈文 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Lie Wen — 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