前奏
qián zòu
Pinyin

Definition

前奏
 - 
qián zòu
  1. prelude
  2. presage

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
伴奏
bàn zòu
  1. 1 to accompany (musically)

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

我最喜欢他们的吉他！整段前奏都是他独奏，华丽而流畅啊。
wǒ zuì xǐhuan tāmen de jítā ！zhěng duàn qiánzòu dōu shì tā dúzòu ，huálì ér liúchàng ā 。
I love his guitar the most! He does a solo for the entire intro, it's so beautiful and smooth.
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你看，前奏的8个小节可都是他的活儿。还有这儿，过门的地方。这小子的任务也不轻啊。下午乐队彩排前，让他和键盘手一起练。
nǐ kàn ，qiánzòu de bā ge xiǎojié kě dōu shì tā de huór 。háiyǒu zhèr ，guòmén de dìfang 。zhè xiǎozi de rènwu yě bù qīng a 。xiàwǔ yuèduì cǎipái qián ，ràng tā hé jiànpánshǒu yīqǐ liàn 。
Check it out. The first 8 bars of the intro are all him - and here at the bridge too. He's got a lot of work to do. Before we have practice this afternoon, have him practice with the keyboardist.
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