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| | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293 年) / former / formerly | HSK 1 |
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| | front / the front side / in front of | HSK 1 |
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| | before / formerly / previous / ago | HSK 2 |
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| | in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of) | HSK 2 |
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| | the year before last | HSK 2 |
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| | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to | HSK 3 |
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| | before one's eyes / now / at present | HSK 3 |
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| | at the present time / currently | HSK 3 |
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| | ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5] | HSK 3 |
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| | previously / formerly / once upon a time | HSK 3 |
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| | to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward | HSK 3 |
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| | to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance | HSK 3 |
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| | around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear | HSK 3 |
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| | in front / at the head / ahead / above | HSK 4 |
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| | prospects / future outlook / journey | HSK 4 |
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| | before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand | HSK 4 |
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| | the present time / to be faced with | HSK 5 |
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| | by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | HSK 5 |
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| | forward / onward | HSK 5 |
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| | the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) | HSK 5 |
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| | foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective | HSK 5 |
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| | premise / precondition / prerequisite | HSK 5 |
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| | before; previously | HSK 5 |
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| | ahead / the front | HSK 6 |
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| | to come (formal) / before / previously | HSK 6 |
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| | before this / before then / previously | HSK 6 |
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| | senior / older generation / precursor | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) unprecedented in history | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth | HSK 7-9 |
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| | front line / military front / workface / cutting edge | HSK 7-9 |
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| | predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) unprecedented | HSK 7-9 |
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| | stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground | HSK 7-9 |
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| | eve / the day before | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of a deceased) during one's life / while living | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the former | HSK 7-9 |
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| | preceding period / early stage | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unprecedented | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the other day / a few days ago | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to advance bravely | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) unprecedented / unheard of | HSK 7-9 |
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| | each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead | HSK 7-9 |
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| | not long ago / not long before | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection | HSK 7-9 |
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| | plantain herb (Plantago asiatica) | |
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| | forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front | |
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| | (of children, parents etc) at one's side; living with one | |
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| | prefix (linguistics) | |
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| | three days ago | |
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| | previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) | |
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| | preposition | |
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| | prostate | |
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| | former husband | |
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| | front wheel | |
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| | front / front end / forward part of sth | |
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| | (in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future | |
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| | predecessor / forebears / the person facing you | |
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| | in advance; before the event | |
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| | prenatal / antenatal | |
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| | preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers | |
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| | vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) | |
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| | to precede / to guide | |
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| | preschool education / early childhood education | |
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| | in front of the door | |
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| | (literary) to go forward | |
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| | a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days | |
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| | omen / prior indication / first sign | |
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| | hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? | |
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| | Taiqian county in Puyang 濮陽|濮阳, Henan | |
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| | front of the stage | |
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| | to rank among the best | |
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| | criminal record / previous convictions | |
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| | until now; so far | |
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| | one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking) | |
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| | ahead / formerly / in the past | |
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| | the very front | |
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| | future (career etc) prospects | |
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| | prelude (music) | |
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| | farsightedness / perspicacity / prescience / forward-looking | |
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| | front part / front section | |
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| | to advance; to step forward | |
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| | Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2 | |
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| | front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) | |
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| | front courtyard / vestibule | |
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| | lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds | |
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| | antecedents | |
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| | cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development | |
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| | advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position) | |
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| | precursor / pioneer | |
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| | unprecedented / never seen before | |
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| | the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) | |
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| | to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward | |
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| | stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill | |
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| | anteroom / vestibule / lobby (of a hotel etc) | |
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| | to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain | |
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| | to have boundless prospects | |
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