前 qián

1. 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')
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; 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; NCCED '前' 4; Unihan '前')
6. qián verb to appear before
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1b)
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

• 在这之前(在這之前) before then; up until that point
• 光前裕后(光前裕後) to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations
• 税前(稅前) pretax; before taxes
• 史前古器物 prehistoric artifacts; ancient artifacts
• 前年 the year before last
• 不顾前后(不顧前後) regardless of what's before or after; rushing blindly into sth
• 前赴后继(前赴後繼) advance wave upon wave; move forward bravely
• 前方高能 Something awesome is about to happen!
• 大前提 major premise
• 趑趄不前 hesitant and not daring to move forward
• 前些 a few (days, years etc) ago
• 前途无量(前途無量) to have boundless prospects
• 盛况空前(盛況空前) a magnificent and unprecedented event
• 车到山前自有路(車到山前自有路) 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.
• 前寒武纪(前寒武紀) pre-Cambrian
• 前列腺素 prostaglandin
• 学前班(學前班) preschool
• 前总统(前總統) former president
• 致电前台(致電前臺) reception desk
• 婚前 premarital; prenuptial
• 超前 to be ahead of one's time; to surpass or outdo one's predecessors; to be ahead of the pack; to take the lead; advanced
• 前后文(前後文) context; the surrounding words
• 有宝何必人前夸(有寶何必人前誇) There is no need to boast about one's treasures.
• 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
• 面前 in front of; presence
• 向前翻腾(向前翻騰) forward somersault
• 前俯后仰(前俯後仰) to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
• 一往无前(一往無前) to advance courageously ; to press forward
• 万圣节前夕(萬聖節前夕) All Saints' Eve; Halloween
• 前戏(前戲) foreplay
• 前腿 forelegs
• 超前意识(超前意識) foresight
• 前科 criminal record; previous convictions
• 空前未有 unprecedented
• 蹒跚不前(蹣跚不前) to falter; to stall
• 匍匐前进(匍匐前進) to crawl forward
• 前朝 the previous dynasty
• 前哨 outpost; (fig.) front line
• 锦绣前程(錦繡前程) bright future; bright prospects
• 眼前 now; present ; in front of one's eyes
• 提前投票 early vote
• 前部皮层下损伤(前部皮層下損傷) anterior subcortical lesions
• 支前 to support the front
• 前缘未了(前緣未了) one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled

Also contained in

前出师表 、 前属词 、 前秦 、 前端总线 、 次前元音 、 前郭镇 、 前四史

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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: 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