眼前 yǎnqián
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yǎnqián
noun
now; present
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '眼前'; Guoyu '眼前' 2; Mathews 1931 '眼前', p. 127) -
yǎnqián
noun
in front of one's eyes
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '眼前'; Guoyu '眼前' 1; Mathews 1931 '眼前', p. 127)
Contained in
- 近在眼前 right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
- 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
- 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前(不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前) ignore your elders at your peril
- 在眼前 now; at the present
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 79 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 110 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 47 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 98 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第七回 Chapter 7 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第三十一回 Chapter 31 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 78 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二十八回 Chapter 28 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第九十九回 Chapter 99 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
Collocations
- 眼前一 (眼前一) 眼前一笑皆知己 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十九回 Chapter 29 — count: 2
- 眼前说 (眼前說) 叫他在主子眼前說你是太老爺極歡喜的人 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第三十一回 Chapter 31 — count: 2
- 到眼前 (到眼前) 問到眼前 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第十九回 Chapter 19 — count: 2
- 不在眼前 (不在眼前) 小廝們多不在眼前 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第三十一回 Chapter 31 — count: 2