前面
qián miàn
Pinyin

Definition

前面
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qián miàn
  1. ahead
  2. in front
  3. preceding
  4. above
  5. also pr. [qián mian]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下面
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
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
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance

Idioms (20)

一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
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

Sample Sentences

哎，什么鬼，你也就这点出息了。前面那车，号码牌怎么看着这么眼熟啊，诶，是不是你家那位的啊？
āi ，shénme guǐ ，nǐ yě jiù zhèdiǎnr chūxi le 。qiánmian nà chē ，hàomǎ pái zěnme kàn zhe zhème yǎnshú ā ，èi ，shìbushì nǐ jiā nà wèi de ā ？
Ah, what the hell? You've only got a little bit of information. Why does the license plate of the car in front look so familiar? Ah, can it be your hubby?
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前面直走。
qiánmiàn zhízǒu 。
Go straight ahead.
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对，前面一直走。
duì ，qiánmiàn yīzhí zǒu 。
Yes. Keep going straight ahead.
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女孩儿每次点完咖啡，就站在柜台前面，不发一语地看着秦宇制作她的咖啡，只有从秦宇手中接过咖啡时，才报以一个浅浅的微笑和一句谢谢，随即就离开了。
nǚháiēr měicì diǎn wán kāfēi ，jiù zhàn zài guìtái qiánmiàn ，bùfāyìyǔ de kàn zhe qínyǔ zhìzuò tā de kāfēi ，zhǐ yǒu cóng qínyǔ shǒu zhōng jiēguò kāfēi shí ，cái bàoyǐ yīgē qiǎnqiǎn de wēixiào hé yījù xièxie ，suíjí jiù líkāi le 。
Every time after ordering her coffee, she would stand in front of the counter and watch QinYu making her coffee silently. Only when she took her coffee from QinYu, she would give him a little smile and a “thank you”. Then she would leave the shop.
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小心前面有车。
xiǎoxīn qiánmiàn yǒu chē 。
Be careful. There’s a car in the front.
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前面的人走得太慢了。不好意思！麻烦快一点儿。
qiánmiàn de rén zǒu de tài màn le 。bùhǎoyìsi ！máfan kuài yīdiǎnr 。
People in front of us are walking too slowly. Excuse me! Please walk a little bit quicker.
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笔在Fiona前面。
bǐ zài Fiona qiánmiàn 。
The pen is in front of Fiona.
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桌子在我们前面。
zhuōzi zài wǒmen qiánmiàn 。
The table is in front of us.
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你在哪儿？在我的前面吗？
nǐ zài nǎr ？zài wǒ de qiánmiàn ma ？
Where are you? Are you in front of me?
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我乱发脾气？你昨天放我鸽子，让我在餐厅前面等你等了快一个钟头。
wǒ luàn fāpíqì ？nǐ zuótiān fàng wǒ gēzi ，ràng wǒ zài cāntīng qiánmian děng nǐ děng le kuài yī gè zhōngtóu 。
At any opportunity? You stood me up yesterday, and left me waiting in front of the restaurant for almost an hour.
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