前例
qián lì
Pinyin

Definition

前例
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qián lì
  1. precedent

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
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
上前
shàng qián
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to step forward
例
lì
  1. 1 example
  2. 2 precedent
  3. 3 rule
  4. 4 case
  5. 5 instance

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

哈哈，对啦，说的就是这个。跟勇士连胜的纪录同步的，还有一个队的连败纪录也是史无前例的。
hāhā ，duì la ，shuō de jiùshì zhè ge 。gēn yǒngshì lián shèng de jìlù tóngbù de ，háiyǒu yī gè duì de lián bài jìlù yě shì shǐwúqiánlì de 。
Ha ha, yeah, I was talking about that. At the same time as the Warriors have seen a record winning streak, there's another team that have seen an unprecedented losing streak.
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