前俯后仰
qián fǔ hòu yǎng
Pinyin

Definition

前俯后仰
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qián fǔ hòu yǎng
  1. to rock one's body backward and forward
  2. to be convulsed (with laughter etc)

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
上前
shàng qián
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to step forward
仰望
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
仰卧
yǎng wò
  1. 1 to lie supine
信仰
xìn yǎng
  1. 1 to believe in (a religion)
  2. 2 firm belief
  3. 3 conviction
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
前夕
qián xī
  1. 1 eve
  2. 2 the day before
前夜
qián yè
  1. 1 the eve
  2. 2 the night before
前天
qián tiān
  1. 1 the day before yesterday
前奏
qián zòu
  1. 1 prelude
  2. 2 presage
前妻
qián qī
  1. 1 ex-wife
  2. 2 late wife
前年
qián nián
  1. 1 the year before last
前往
qián wǎng
  1. 1 to leave for
  2. 2 to proceed towards
  3. 3 to go
前后
qián hòu
  1. 1 around
  2. 2 from beginning to end
  3. 3 all around
  4. 4 front and rear
前所未有
qián suǒ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 unprecedented
前提
qián tí
  1. 1 premise
  2. 2 precondition
  3. 3 prerequisite
前方
qián fāng
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 the front

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
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
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)
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
俯拾皆是
fǔ shí jiē shì
  1. 1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely common
  3. 3 easily available
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
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
光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
前不着村，后不着店
qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn
  1. 1 lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
  3. 3 to be in a predicament
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
前世姻缘
qián shì yīn yuán
  1. 1 a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
前事不忘，后事之师
qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī
  1. 1 don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
前人栽树，后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng
  1. 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
前仆后继
qián pū hòu jì
  1. 1 one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
  2. 2 advancing wave upon wave
前倨后恭
qián jù hòu gōng
  1. 1 to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)

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