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

• 前半日 morning
• 打前站 to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc); to dispatch an advance party
• 前朝 the previous dynasty
• 前景可期 to have a promising future; to have bright prospects
• 前襜 an apron
• 前半天 morning
• 前街后巷(前街後巷) steets and alleys
• 前辈(前輩) a senior
• 年前 years ago
• 公元前 Before the Common Era (BCE)
• 前世 previous generations ; former life
• 前车之鉴(前車之鑒) warning from an a carriage in front; to learn a lesson from a defeated predecessor
• 前车之覆，后车之鉴(前車之覆，後車之鑒) the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart; draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake
• 蠕动前进(蠕動前進) wriggle
• 前锯肌(前鋸肌) serratus anterior muscle (upper sides of the chest)
• 此时以前(此時以前) heretofore
• 前戏(前戲) foreplay
• 好前程 a bright future
• 前田 Maeda
• 踌躇不前(躊躇不前) to hesitate to move forward; to hesitate; to hold back
• 前因后果(前因後果) cause and effects; entire process of development
• 空前绝后(空前絕後) unprecedented and never to be duplicated; unmatched
• 赶前不赶后(趕前不趕後) it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later
• 前面 in front of; facing
• 前瞻 forward-looking
• 前夫 former husband
• 前几天(前幾天) a few days before
• 前俯后仰(前俯後仰) to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
• 跋前踬后(跋前躓後) to trip forwards or stumble back (idiom, from Book of Songs); can't get anything right
• 前翅 front wing (of insect)
• 前功 previous service
• 中前卫(中前衛) center forward (soccer position)
• 丑话说在前头(醜話說在前頭) let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank
• 以前 before; formerly; previous; ago
• 前生召唤(前生召喚) foreordination
• 产前检查(產前檢查) prenatal examination; antenatal examination
• 不顾前后(不顧前後) regardless of what's before or after; rushing blindly into sth
• 前程远大(前程遠大) to have a future full of promise
• 之前 before
• 提前投票 early vote
• 大敌当前(大敵當前) facing a great enemy
• 超前瞄准(超前瞄準) to aim in front of a moving target
• 前年 the year before last
• 前照灯(前照燈) (vehicle) headlight
• 鞍前马后(鞍前馬後) the saddle before the horse; officious

Also contained in

前端总线 、 肥前国 、 前镇 、 宋前废帝 、 声前一句千圣不传 、 前进区

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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: 175
• 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: 102
• 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: 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
• 前坐 (前坐) 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: 4
• 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