前夜
qián yè
Pinyin

Definition

前夜
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qián yè
  1. the eve
  2. the night before

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
  1. 1 variant: 夜 yè
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
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
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night

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)
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard

Sample Sentences

从移动互联到万物互联、从商业公司到科技公司、从平台到经济体,在进入智能时代的前夜,张勇正在主导阿里巴巴更多更深层面的变革。
cóng yídòng hùlián dào wànwù hùlián 、cóng shāngyè gōngsī dào kējì gōngsī 、cóng píngtái dào jīngjìtǐ ,zài jìnrù zhìnéng shídài de qiányè ,zhāngyǒng zhèngzài zhǔdǎo ālǐbābā gèngduō gēngshēn céngmiàn de biàngé 。
From mobile internet to linking everything together, from commercial companies to technology companies, from platforms to economies, Zhang Yong is leading Alibaba towards more changes as the company enters the era of intelligence.
嘿,这么巧!我也对这个很好奇,所以上网查了一下。我们现在所庆祝的万圣节确切地说应该是“万圣节前夜”,是在十月三十一号。它起初是爱尔兰凯尔特人的鬼节,这就是为什么现在人们以古灵精怪的打扮庆祝万圣节。不过流传到现在,它的意义也不同了,变得积极快乐和喜庆。就像开一个大派对。
hāi ,zhème qiǎo !wǒ yě duì zhège hěn hàoqí ,suǒyǐ shàngwǎng chá le yīxià 。wǒmen xiànzài suǒ qìngzhù de wànshèngjié quèqiē de shuō yīnggāi shì “wànshèngjié qiányè ”,shì zài shíyuè sānshíyī hào 。tā qǐchū shì Àiěrlán kǎiěrtèrén de guǐjié ,zhè jiùshì wèishénme xiànzài rénmen yǐ gǔlíngjīngguài de dǎbàn qìngzhù wànshèngjié 。bùguò liúchuán dào xiànzài ,tā de yìyì yě bùtóng le ,biànde jījí kuàilè hé xǐqìng 。jiùxiàng kāi yī ge dà pàiduì 。