前 ⇒
前 qián, front/forward/ahead/first/top (followed by a number)/future/ago/before/BC (e.g. ...
之前 zhīqián, before/prior to/ago/previously/beforehand
以前 yǐqián, before/formerly/previous/ago
面前 miànqián, in front of/facing/(in the) presence (of)
目前 mùqián, at the present time/currently
前面 qiánmiàn, ahead/in front/preceding/above/also pr. [qián mian]
前进 qiánjìn, [前進], to go forward/to forge ahead/to advance/onward
眼前 yǎnqián, before one's eyes/now/at present
提前 tíqián, to shift to an earlier date/to do sth ahead of time/in advance
前往 qiánwǎng, to leave for/to proceed towards/to go
前妻 qiánqī, ex-wife/late wife
前途 qiántú, prospects/future outlook/journey
向前 xiàngqián, forward/onward
从前 cóngqián, [從前], previously/formerly/once upon a time
前科 qiánkē, criminal record/previous convictions
前任 qiánrèn, predecessor/ex-/former/ex (spouse etc)
前夫 qiánfū, former husband
前门 Qiánmén/qiánmén, [前門], Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2, front door/main entrance/honest...
前来 qiánlái, [前來], to come (formal)/before/previously
前方 qiánfāng, ahead/the front
前提 qiántí, premise/precondition/prerequisite
先前 xiānqián, before/previously
前台 qiántái, [前臺], stage/proscenium/foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)/front desk/recept...
前线 qiánxiàn, [前線], front line/military front/workface/cutting edge
婚前 hūnqián, premarital/prenuptial
生前 shēngqián, (of a deceased) during one's life/while living
门前 ménqián, [門前], in front of the door
前所未有 qiánsuǒwèiyǒu, unprecedented
当前 dāngqián, [當前], current/today's/modern/present/to be facing (us)
前程 qiánchéng, future (career etc) prospects
不久前 bùjiǔqián, not long ago
前行 qiánxíng, (literary) to go forward
前后 qiánhòu, [前後], around/from beginning to end/all around/front and rear
胸前 xiōngqián, (on the) chest/bosom
前景 qiánjǐng, foreground/vista/(future) prospects/perspective
前额 qiáné, [前額], forehead
前天 qiántiān, the day before yesterday
上前 shàngqián, to advance/to step forward
前夜 qiányè, the eve/the night before
前辈 qiánbèi, [前輩], senior/older generation/precursor
前排 公元前 gōngyuánqián, BCE (before the Common Era)/BC (before Christ)
空前 kōngqián, unprecedented
史无前例 shǐwúqiánlì, [史無前例], unprecedented in history
跟前 gēnqián/gēnqian, the front (of)/(in) front/(in) sb's presence/just before (a date), (of children,...
事前 shìqián, in advance/before the event
前头 qiántou, [前頭], in front/at the head/ahead/above
史前 shǐqián, prehistory
前卫 qiánwèi, [前衛], advanced guard/vanguard/avant-garde/forward (soccer position)
前嫌 qiánxián, former hatred/bygone enmity
前锋 qiánfēng, [前鋒], vanguard/front line/a forward (sports)
台前 Táiqián/táiqián, Taiqian county in Puyang 濮陽|濮阳[Pú yáng], Henan, front of the stage
勇往直前 yǒngwǎngzhíqián, to advance bravely
正前方 赛前 前夕 qiánxī, eve/the day before
前列腺 qiánlièxiàn, prostate
前不久 qiánbùjiǔ, not long ago/not long before
战前 前途无量 qiántúwúliàng, [前途無量], to have boundless prospects
前期 qiánqī, preceding period/early stage
前者 qiánzhě, the former
此前 cǐqián, before this/before then/previously
前院 qiányuàn, front courtyard/front yard
前功尽弃 qiángōngjìnqì, [前功盡棄], to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)/all that has been achieved goes down...
前沿 qiányán, front-line/forward position/outpost/extending ahead/frontier (of science, techno...
产前 chǎnqián, [產前], prenatal/antenatal
桌前 近在眼前 jìnzàiyǎnqián, right under one's nose/right in front of one's eyes/close at hand/imminent
前所未见 qiánsuǒwèijiàn, [前所未見], unprecedented/never seen before
前世 qiánshì, previous generations/previous incarnation (Buddhism)
超前 chāoqián, to be ahead of one's time/to surpass or outdo one's predecessors/to be ahead of ...
饭前 前段 qiánduàn, front part (of an object)/first part (of an event)/previous paragraph
很早以前 前兆 qiánzhào, omen/prior indication/first sign
前哨 qiánshào, outpost/(fig.) front line
停滞不前 tíngzhìbùqián, [停滯不前], stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant/in a rut/at a standstill
前臂 qiánbì, forearm
日前 rìqián, the other day/a few days ago
前厅 qiántīng, [前廳], anteroom/vestibule/lobby (of a hotel etc)
学前班 xuéqiánbān, [學前班], preschool
前端 qiánduān, front/front end/forward part of sth
前奏 qiánzòu, prelude/presage
前去 前年 qiánnián, the year before last
前边 qiánbian, [前邊], front/the front side/in front of
房前 前无古人 前程似锦 前列 qiánliè, the very front
空前绝后 kōngqiánjuéhòu, [空前絕後], unprecedented and never to be duplicated/the first and the last/unmatched/unique
节前 名列前茅 mínglièqiánmáo, to rank among the best
会前 年前 niánqián, before the end of the year/before the new year
一往无前 yīwǎngwúqián, [一往無前], to advance courageously (idiom)/to press forward
前车之鉴 qiánchēzhījiàn, [前車之鑒], to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)
老前辈 前轮 qiánlún, [前輪], front wheel
前人 qiánrén, predecessor/forebears/the person facing you
前脑 裹足不前 guǒzúbùqián, to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back
前缘 前身 qiánshēn, forerunner/predecessor/precursor/previous incarnation (Buddhism)/jacket front
前脚 qiánjiǎo, [前腳], one moment ..., (the next ...)/leading foot (in walking)
前言 qiányán, preface/forward/introduction
前前后后 前因后果 qiányīnhòuguǒ, [前因後果], cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
车到山前必有路 chēdàoshānqiánbìyǒulù, [車到山前必有路], lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. (idiom)/fig. Everyt...
前例 qiánlì, precedent
前瞻性 qiánzhānxìng, farsightedness/perspicacity/prescience/forward-looking
花前月下 huāqiányuèxià, see 月下花前[yuè xià huā qián]
前生 qiánshēng, previous life/previous incarnation
痛改前非 tònggǎiqiánfēi, completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and...
畏缩不前 wèisuōbùqián, [畏縮不前], to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
前庭 qiántíng, front courtyard/vestibule
永往直前 大前天 dàqiántiān, three days ago
山前 锦绣前程 jǐnxiùqiánchéng, [錦繡前程], bright future/bright prospects
发展前途 前仆后继 qiánpūhòujì, [前仆後繼], one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen ...
前所未闻 qiánsuǒwèiwén, [前所未聞], unheard-of/unprecedented
前尘 qiánchén, [前塵], the past/impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
学前教育 xuéqiánjiàoyù, [學前教育], preschool education/early childhood education
思前想后 sīqiánxiǎnghòu, [思前想後], to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and fut...
鞍前马后 ānqiánmǎhòu, [鞍前馬後], to follow everywhere/to always be there for sb at their beck and call
前赴后继 qiánfùhòujì, [前赴後繼], to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
阵前 盛况空前 shèngkuàngkōngqián, [盛況空前], a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
前缀 qiánzhuì, [前綴], prefix (linguistics)
前日 qiánrì, day before yesterday
前驱 qiánqū, [前驅], precursor/pioneer
一往直前 yīwǎngzhíqián, see 一往無前|一往无前[yī wǎng wú qián]
踌躇不前 chóuchúbùqián, [躊躇不前], to hesitate to move forward/to hesitate/to hold back
后浪推前浪 稳步前进 打前站 dǎqiánzhàn, to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc)/(military) to di...
马失前蹄 mǎshīqiántí, [馬失前蹄], lit. the horse loses its front hooves/fig. sudden failure through miscalculation...
跑前跑后 各奔前程 gèbènqiánchéng, each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead
玄关前 前沿性 瞻前顾后 zhānqiángùhòu, [瞻前顧後], to look forward and back/to consider prudently/overcautious
前言不搭后语 前哨战 qiánshàozhàn, [前哨戰], skirmish
周前刚 前导 qiándǎo, [前導], to precede/to guide
大敌当前 dàdídāngqián, [大敵當前], facing a powerful enemy (idiom); fig. confronting grave difficulties/Enemy at th...
前瞻 qiánzhān, forward-looking/prescient/foresight/forethought/outlook
前朝 qiáncháo, the previous dynasty
前次 前肢 qiánzhī, forelimb/foreleg
前述 qiánshù, aforestated/stated above/the preceding statement
前轴 前站 午前 wǔqián, morning/a.m.
前半夜 qiánbànyè, first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
前呼后拥 前些年 如前所述 前后文 qiánhòuwén, [前後文], context/the surrounding words/same as 上下文
前臼齿 qiánjiùchǐ, [前臼齒], premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)
前锋线 前奏曲 qiánzòuqǔ, prelude (music)
解放前 唐娜前 海选前 三天前 前藩 前话 前茅 qiánmáo, forward patrol (military) (old)/(fig.) the top ranks
天前 支前 zhīqián, to support the front (military)
驻足不前 马前卒 mǎqiánzú, [馬前卒], lackey/errand boy/lit. runner before a carriage
车前子 破浪前进 承前启后 chéngqiánqǐhòu, [承前啟後], to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transitio...
狗狗向前 越前 九年前 周前才
缘 ⇒
边缘 biānyuán, [邊緣], edge/fringe/verge/brink/periphery/marginal/borderline
缘故 yuángù, [緣故], reason/cause
缘 yuán, [緣], cause/reason/karma/fate/predestined affinity/margin/hem/edge/along
无缘无故 wúyuánwúgù, [無緣無故], no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
血缘 xuèyuán, [血緣], bloodline
缘由 yuányóu, [緣由], reason/cause
缘分 yuánfèn, [緣分], fate or chance that brings people together/predestined affinity or relationship/...
人缘 rényuán, [人緣], relations with other people
无缘 wúyuán, [無緣], to have no opportunity/no way (of doing sth)/no chance/no connection/not placed ...
投缘 tóuyuán, [投緣], to be kindred spirits/to hit it off
情缘 qíngyuán, [情緣], predestined love/love affinity
绝缘 juéyuán, [絕緣], to have no contact with/to be cut off from/(electricity) to insulate
机缘 jīyuán, [機緣], chance/opportunity/destiny
因缘 yīnyuán, [因緣], chance/opportunity/predestined relationship/(Buddhist) principal and secondary c...
姻缘 yīnyuán, [姻緣], a marriage predestined by fate
前缘 结缘 jiéyuán, [結緣], to form ties/to become attached (to sb, sth)
缘于 yuányú, [緣於], to originate from/to come from the fact that/owing to/because of
亲缘 qīnyuán, [親緣], blood relationship/genetic relationship/consanguinity
绝缘层 边缘科学 边缘化 biānyuánhuà, [邊緣化], to marginalize/marginalization
外缘 不解之缘 缘何 yuánhé, [緣何], why?/for what reason?
喜结良缘 边缘性 地缘 dìyuán, [地緣], geographic situation/geo-(politics etc)
缘起 yuánqǐ, [緣起], origin
绝缘体 juéyuántǐ, [絕緣體], electrical insulation/heat insulation
后缘 hòuyuán, [後緣], trailing edge (of airplane wing)
良缘 liángyuán, [良緣], good karma/opportune connection with marriage partner
夙缘 攀缘
未 ⇒
未来 wèilái, [未來], future/tomorrow/CL:個|个[gè]/approaching/coming/pending
未 wèi, not yet/did not/have not/not/8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th ...
从未 cóngwèi, [從未], never
未婚妻 wèihūnqī, fiancée
未婚夫 wèihūnfū, fiancé
未知 wèizhī, unknown
未经 wèijīng, [未經], not having undergone/without (having gone though a certain process)
尚未 shàngwèi, not yet/still not
未成年 wèichéngnián, underage
前所未有 qiánsuǒwèiyǒu, unprecedented
未成年人 wèichéngniánrén, minor (i.e. person under 18)
未遂 wèisuì, unsuccessful (attempt)/attempted (murder, suicide)
未必 wèibì, not necessarily/maybe not
未婚 wèihūn, unmarried
未曾 wèicéng, hasn't (or haven't)/hasn't ever
从未有过 未能 wèinéng, cannot/to fail to/unable to
未免 wèimiǎn, unavoidably/can't help/really/rather
乳臭未干 rǔxiùwèigān, [乳臭未乾], smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced/still w...
未了 wèiliǎo, unfinished/outstanding (business)/unfulfilled
悬而未决 xuánérwèijué, [懸而未決], pending a decision/hanging in the balance
前所未见 qiánsuǒwèijiàn, [前所未見], unprecedented/never seen before
闻所未闻 wénsuǒwèiwén, [聞所未聞], unheard of/an extremely rare and unprecedented event
并未 未雨绸缪 wèiyǔchóumóu, [未雨綢繆], lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); f...
雷克雅未克 Léikèyǎwèikè, Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
未知数 wèizhīshù, [未知數], unknown quantity
未尝 wèicháng, [未嘗], not ever/not necessarily
未决 wèijué, [未決], as yet undecided/unsolved/still outstanding
未定 wèidìng, undecided/indeterminate/still in doubt
防患于未然 fánghuànyúwèirán, [防患於未然], see 防患未然[fáng huàn wèi rán]
意犹未尽 yìyóuwèijìn, [意猶未盡], to wish to continue sth/to have not fully expressed oneself
始料未及 shǐliàowèijí, not expected at the outset (idiom)/unforeseen/to be surprised by the turn of eve...
未果 wèiguǒ, to fail to eventuate/(verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing
惊魂未定 前所未闻 qiánsuǒwèiwén, [前所未聞], unheard-of/unprecedented
见所未见 童心未泯 未来派 Wèiláipài, [未來派], Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
壮志未酬 未知量 乙未 yǐwèi, thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
未老先衰 wèilǎoxiānshuāi, to age prematurely
羽毛未丰 墨迹未干 未竟 wèijìng, unfinished/incomplete
未名 wèimíng, unnamed/unidentified
了 ⇒
了 le/liǎo/liào, [瞭], (completed action marker)/(modal particle indicating change of state, situation ...
为了 wèile, [為了], in order to/for the purpose of/so as to
了解 liǎojiě, [瞭解], to understand/to realize/to find out, to understand/to realize/to find out
极了 jíle, [極了], extremely/exceedingly
除了 chúle, besides/apart from (... also...)/in addition to/except (for)
罢了 bàle/bàliǎo, [罷了], a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much), a modal particle i...
受不了 shòubùliǎo, unbearable/unable to endure/can't stand
了不起 liǎobuqǐ, amazing/terrific/extraordinary
大不了 dàbùliǎo, at worst/if worst comes to worst/serious/alarming
说了算 shuōlesuàn, [說了算], to have the final say/to be the one in charge
得了 déle/déliǎo, all right!/that's enough!, (emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible
了结 liǎojié, [了結], to settle/to finish/to conclude/to wind up
对了 duìle, [對了], Correct!/Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to me...
完了 wánle, to be finished/to be done for/ruined/gone to the dogs/oh no
不得了 bùdéliǎo, desperately serious/disastrous/extremely/exceedingly
就是了 没完没了 méiwánméiliǎo, [沒完沒了], without end/incessantly/on and on
明了 míngliǎo, [明瞭], to understand clearly/to be clear about/plain/clear/also written 明瞭|明了[míng liǎo...
了如指掌 liǎorúzhǐzhǎng, [瞭如指掌], to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)/to know (a person, a place etc) ...
了断 liǎoduàn, [了斷], to bring to a conclusion/to settle (a dispute)/to do away with (oneself)/to brea...
受得了 shòudeliǎo, to put up with/to endure
直截了当 zhíjiéliǎodàng, [直截了當], direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt/straightforward
忘不了 wàngbùliǎo, cannot forget
未了 wèiliǎo, unfinished/outstanding (business)/unfulfilled
少不了 shǎobuliǎo, cannot do without/to be unavoidable/are bound to be many
一目了然 yīmùliǎorán, [一目瞭然], obvious at a glance (idiom), obvious at a glance (idiom)
私了 sīliǎo, to settle privately/to solve behind closed doors/to settle out of court
免不了 miǎnbùliǎo, unavoidable/can't be avoided
一了百了 yīliǎobǎiliǎo, once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved/death ends all one's tr...
不了了之 bùliǎoliǎozhī, to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled/to end up with nothing definite
了事 liǎoshì, to dispose of a matter/to be done with it
了不得 报了名 了得 liǎode, exceptional/outstanding/dreadful/appalling
敷衍了事 fūyǎnliǎoshì, to skimp/to work half-heartedly/not to bother
终了 zhōngliǎo, [終了], to end
了然 liǎorán, [瞭然], to understand clearly/evident, to understand clearly/evident
知了 zhīliǎo, cicada (onom.)
了无生趣 liǎowúshēngqù, [了無生趣], to lose all interest in life (idiom)
了却 liǎoquè, [了卻], to resolve/to settle
简洁明了 顾不了 便了 末了 mòliǎo, in the end
要不了 亏了 临了 了局 liǎojú, end/conclusion/solution
怎么得了 zěnmedéliǎo, [怎麼得了], how can this be?/what's to be done?/what an awful mess!
不甚了了