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前 qián

qián adjective front
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 前面 'front' in terms of phyiscal position (ABC 'qián' 前 bf; Guoyu '前' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '前' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 2; Unihan '前')
qián noun former; the past
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: For example, 前所未有 'never happened in the past, i.e. unprecedented' (CCI '前所未有'; Kroll 2015 '前' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 3; Unihan '前').
qián verb to go forward
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1a; NCCED '前'; Unihan '前')
qián adjective preceding
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 5)
qián adjective before; earlier; prior
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 2; Kroll 2015 '前' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 4; Unihan '前')
qián verb to appear before
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1b, p. 361)
qián noun future
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (NCCED '前' 6)
qián noun top; first
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 7)
qián noun battlefront
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
Notes: (NCCED '前' 8)
qián prefix pre-
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 前总统 'former president' (ABC 'qián' 前 pref)
qián adjective before; former; pūrva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrva, Japanese: zen (BCSD '前', p. 195; DJBT '前', p. 425; Mahāvyutpatti 'pūrvāntaḥ'; MW 'pūrva'; SH '前', p. 297)
qián adjective facing; mukha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mukha (BCSD '前', p. 195; MW 'mukha')

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古佛堂前风扫地高山顶上月为灯(古佛堂前風掃地高山頂上月為燈) The winds will sweep the floor of an ancient Buddha shrine; The moon will illuminate the peace of the most noble mountain.
向前有路 Keep going
吉星明月归天上白云青松在眼前(吉星明月歸天上白雲青松在眼前) Auspicious stars and the bright moon belong in the sky; White clouds and green pines are found before your eyes.
面前一丝(面前一絲) the single thread before us
乐观犹如明灯照亮希望前程悲观好比毒品腐蚀健康心灵(樂觀猶如明燈照亮希望前程悲觀好比毒品腐蝕健康心靈) Positivity is like a shining lamp illuminating our future with hope; Negativity is like a drug that eats away our health and senses.
前世 previous generations ; former life ; former lives
现前(現前) to manifest ; the present ; to manifest in the present; to present before the eyes

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Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 782
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 656
Scroll 6 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 354
Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 334
Scroll 4 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 332
Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 324
Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 317
Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 308
Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 295
Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 276

Collocations

佛前 (佛前) 立於佛前 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 34
前坐 (前坐) 別取小牀敷在佛前坐 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 18
王前 (王前) 詣羅呵阿須倫王前 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 12
前立 (前立) 此諸大神皆嫌此比丘當佛前立 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
帝释前 (帝釋前) 於帝釋前忉利天眾中鼓琴供養 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 8
前白佛 (前白佛) 前白佛言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
太子前 (太子前) 安置車馬控太子前 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
舍前 (捨前) 而捨前採藥及拾落果 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 4
众前 (眾前) 就高座於眾前坐 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
毘婆尸佛前 (毘婆尸佛前) 詣毘婆尸佛前 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 2 — count: 3