向前
xiàng qián
Pinyin

Definition

向前
 - 
xiàng qián
  1. forward
  2. onward

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
向
Xiàng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
一向
yī xiàng
  1. 1 always (previously)
  2. 2 a period of time in the recent past

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

向左转、向右转、向前走、向后看；往左转、往右转、往前走、往后看
xiàng zuǒzhuǎn 、xiàng yòu zhuǎn 、xiàngqián zǒu 、xiànghòu kàn ；wǎng zuǒzhuǎn 、wǎng yòu zhuǎn 、wǎng qián zǒu 、wǎnghòu kàn
Turn left, turn right, walk forward, look back.
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司令，侦查卫星显示蓝方的部队已向前推进了两公里，并有数十辆坦克已朝我方移动了十公里。估计是蓝方的试探性进攻。
sīlìng ，zhēnchá wèixīng xiǎnshì lánfāng de bùduì yǐ xiàngqián tuījìn le liǎng gōnglǐ ，bìng yǒu shù shí liàng tǎnkè yǐ cháo wǒfāng yídòng le shí gōnglǐ 。gūjì shì lánfāng de shìtàn xìng jìngōng 。
Commander, the spy satellite shows that the Blue troops have moved forward two kilometres, and there are dozens of tanks that have already moved ten kilometres toward us. I reckon it's the Blue's probing attack.
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天涯何处无芳草，我们要向前看，找一个更好的。
tiānyá héchù wú fāngcǎo ，wǒmen yào xiàngqiánkàn ，zhǎo yī gè gèng hǎo de 。
There are plenty of fish inthe sea. Let's look ahead and find an even better one.
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