先前
xiān qián
Pinyin

Definition

先前
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xiān qián
  1. before
  2. previously

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
以前
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
先
xiān
  1. 1 early
  2. 2 prior
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 in advance
  5. 5 first
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
前
qián
  1. 1 front
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 ahead
  4. 4 first
  5. 5 top (followed by a number)
  6. 6 future
  7. 7 ago
  8. 8 before
  9. 9 BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. 10 former
  11. 11 formerly

Idioms (20)

一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu
  1. 1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill

Sample Sentences

博物馆中有不少古埃及艺术品，埃及外交和文物部门先前对这部分藏品情况表达关切。
bówùguǎn zhōng yǒu bùshǎo gǔ Āijí yìshùpǐn ，Āijí wàijiāo hé wénwù bùmén xiānqián duì zhè bùfen cángpǐn qíngkuàng biǎodá guānqiè 。
There are many ancient Egyptian artworks in the museum, and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Heritage has previously expressed concern about this collection.
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病人本来就已经病入膏肓了，先前我也再三说明过，动这个手术风险不小，但是不动手术绝对撑不过一个礼拜，当初也请家属签过同意书的。
bìngrén běnlái jiù yǐjīng bìngrùgāohuāng le ，xiānqián wǒ yě zàisān shuōmíng guò ，dòng zhè ge shǒushù fēngxiǎn bù xiǎo ，dànshì bù dòngshǒushù juéduì chēng bùguò yī ge lǐbài ，dāngchū yě qǐng jiāshǔ qiān guò tóngyìshū de 。
Doctor: The illness was too advanced and there's nothing we could do, I explained that there were many risks to the operation to you several times before, but if she hadn't had the operation, she wouldn't have survived a week. You also signed a consent form.
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突然，白骨精踩到了悟空先前所画的圆圈，痛得往后退到了树丛里。
tūrán ，báigǔjīng cǎi dào le wùkōng xiānqián suǒ huà de yuánquān ，tòng de wǎng hòu tuì dào le shùcóng lǐ 。
Suddenly, she stepped onto the the circle that Monkey had drawn before he left. She reeled back in pain and fell into a thicket behind her.
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