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  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
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  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash)
HSK 2
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
HSK 3
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  *推* | 推* | *推
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
HSK 2
to look forward to / to await / expectation
HSK 4
to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward
HSK 3
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  *进* | 进* | *进
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
forward / onward
HSK 5
to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence)
HSK 2
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
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  *转* | 转* | *转
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
HSK 3
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  *赶* | 赶* | *赶
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
HSK 3
to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头
HSK 7-9
to hope for; to look forward to
HSK 6
a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
HSK 6
to make progress / to do better / fig. ambitious to improve oneself / to move forwards
to advance; to step forward
to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
HSK 7-9
(military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
HSK 7-9
to hurry forward on an expedition / to drive fast
ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time)
HSK 7-9
to look forward eagerly to sth / keenly desired
outlook / prospect / to look ahead / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
forward pass (sport)
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
to forward (a letter, email, package etc)
to yearn for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill
(literary) to go forward
to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
HSK 7-9
to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward
to step in / to stride forward / to forge ahead
HSK 7-9
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  *颠* | 颠* | *颠
top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt
to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
right forward (soccer position)
(sports) midfielder; (basketball) center; (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋
forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook
to look forward to sth / to wait respectfully
slash; forward slash (punctuation mark) / (neologism c. 2016) (coll.) (attributive) pursuing multiple career paths concurrently; having a portfolio career; (of a career, identity etc) multi-path; multi-hyphenate; slashie
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  *锋* | 锋* | *锋
point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team)
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
HSK 7-9
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
front / front end / forward part of sth
to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate
to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward
vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)
the front line / the attack (e.g. football forwards)
surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale
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  *探* | 探* | *探
to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
HSK 7-9
(literary) to move forward
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  *仆* | 仆* | *仆
to fall forward / to fall prostrate
facing forwards
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
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  *突* | 突* | *突
to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
gradual progress / to go forward one stage at a time
lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part)
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
farsightedness / perspicacity / prescience / forward-looking
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame
to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
to expect / to look forward to / anxious for sth / to hope (to get sth)
to go straight / straight forward / fig. to do right
to launch a satellite / (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success / (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims / to talk big
fast-forward (media player)
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  *晋* | 晋* | *晋
to move forward / to promote / to advance
evolution / gradual forward progress
to forward; to transfer; to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
to go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks / going hand in hand
(in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future
backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump) / reciprocating motion
lit. if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
to bound forward / to bound along
hope / to hope / to look forward to
to step forward bravely
center forward (soccer position)
forward deck (of a boat)
forward direction / (math.) positive direction
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  *趴* | 趴* | *趴
to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent
HSK 7-9
to stride forward
left forward (soccer position)
(idiom) to take matters into one's own hands / to go it alone / to fend for oneself / to find one's own way forward (esp. to find oneself a job)
to look forward to
to long for; to look forward to
lit. on tiptoes / to look forward eagerly / to long for
breakthrough / going beyond / leap-forward / unusual new development
to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda
to bend forward / to lean out
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  *企* | 企* | *企
(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to / abbr. for 企業|企业 / Taiwan pr. [qi4]
to lean forward
forward gear
lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific). / I've been looking forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last.
fast-forward

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