前门 (前門)
qián mén
Pinyin

Definition

前门 (前門)
 - 
qián mén
  1. front door
  2. main entrance
  3. honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
前门 (前門)
 - 
Qián mén
  1. Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2

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
前世
qián shì
  1. 1 previous generations
  2. 2 previous incarnation (Buddhism)
前来
qián lái
  1. 1 to come (formal)
  2. 2 before
  3. 3 previously

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

好吧。我不勉强你。不过每天晚上我都会在学校前门的老地方等你。就这样定了，你先忙吧。
hǎo ba 。wǒ bù miǎnqiǎng nǐ 。bùguò měitiān wǎnshang wǒ dōu huì zài xuéxiào qiánmén de lǎo dìfang děng nǐ 。jiù zhèyàng dìng le ，nǐ xiān máng ba 。
Fine. I won’t twist your arm. But I’ll go to our old place at the front gate of the school every night to wait for you. Let’s leave it at this. Carry on with your business.
Go to Lesson 
请由前门上车。
qǐng yóu qiánmén shàngchē 。
Please board the bus at the front door.
Go to Lesson