1 before

2 prior to

3 ago

4 previously

5 beforehand

1 before

2 formerly

3 previous

4 ago

1 front

2 forward

3 ahead

4 first

5 top (followed by a number)

6 future

7 ago

8 before

9 BC (e.g. 前293年)

10 former

11 formerly

1 idea

2 opinion

3 meaning

4 wish

5 desire

6 interest

7 fun

8 token of appreciation, affection etc

9 classifier: 个 gè

10 to give as a small token

11 to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

1 to take note of

2 to pay attention to

1 to advance courageously (idiom)

2 to press forward

1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)

2 willful

3 one's own way

4 dogmatic

1 in two minds about sth (idiom)

2 half-hearted

3 shilly-shallying

1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth