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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.front
前轮
front wheel
山前
in front of the mountain
前门
front door
- 2
adj.past; former times; ago
几年前我还见过他。
I have met him a few years ago.
前一次我借了他一本书。
I lent a book to him last time.
吃饭前要洗手。
We should wash our hands before dinner.
- 3
adj.former
这是前市长。
This is the former mayor.
这是我前任丈夫。
This is my ex-husband.
这是前一任校长。
This is the former principal.
antonym
- 4
adj.future; prospect
前景
prospects
前程
future
前途
prospect
- 5
v.infmlmove forward; go ahead
勇往直前
go bravely forward
朝前走
go straight ahead
- 6
adj.preceding; pre-; prior to
前科学
pre-science
前一阶段
the preceding stage
- 7
adj.first; top
前三名
the first three places
前排
front row
前五排
the first five rows
Words and phrases with 前
- 前臂[word]forearm
- 前置[word]prepose
- 前程[word]future; desired position
- 前端[word]front end
- 前锋[word]vanguard; forward
- 前瞻性[word]foresightedness
- 前发[word]anticipation
- 前倾[word]forerake
- 前体[word]precursor
- 前赴后继[idiom]advance wave upon wave
- 前途无量[idiom]have boundless prospects
- 前车之鉴[idiom]warning taken from the overturned cart ahead
- 前仰后合[idiom]rock back and forth
- 前所未有[idiom]unprecedented
- 前因后果[idiom]entire process
- 前仆后继[idiom]no sooner has one fallen than another steps into the breach
- 前前后后[idiom]ins and outs; period from beginning to end
- 前无古人[idiom]without parallel in history