前者
qián zhě
Pinyin

Definition

前者
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qián zhě
  1. the former

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
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
huò zhě
  1. 1 or
  2. 2 possibly
  3. 3 maybe
  4. 4 perhaps
tí qián
  1. 1 to shift to an earlier date
  2. 2 to do sth ahead of time
  3. 3 in advance
mù qián
  1. 1 at the present time
  2. 2 currently
zhě
  1. 1 (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
  2. 2 (after a noun) person involved in ...
  3. 3 -er
  4. 4 -ist
  5. 5 (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
  6. 6 (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
  7. 7 (old) (used at the end of a command)
  8. 8 (old) this
miàn qián
  1. 1 in front of
  2. 2 facing
  3. 3 (in the) presence (of)
shàng qián
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to step forward
zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
shǐ yòng zhě
  1. 1 user
shǐ zhě
  1. 1 emissary
  2. 2 envoy
xiān qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 previously
qián shì
  1. 1 previous generations
  2. 2 previous incarnation (Buddhism)
qián rèn
  1. 1 predecessor
  2. 2 ex-
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 ex (spouse etc)
qián lái
  1. 1 to come (formal)
  2. 2 before
  3. 3 previously
qián zhào
  1. 1 omen
  2. 2 prior indication
  3. 3 first sign
qián liè
  1. 1 the very front
qián xī
  1. 1 eve
  2. 2 the day before
qián yè
  1. 1 the eve
  2. 2 the night before

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
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
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)
仁者见仁,智者见智
rén zhě jiàn rén , zhì zhě jiàn zhì
  1. 1 The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.
  2. 2 Different views are admissible. (idiom)
来者不善,善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
  1. 1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. 2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. 3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
来者不拒
lái zhě bù jù
  1. 1 to refuse nobody (idiom)
  2. 2 all comers welcome
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)
前功尽弃
qián gōng jìn qì
  1. 1 to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
  2. 2 all that has been achieved goes down the drain
前因后果
qián yīn hòu guǒ
  1. 1 cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
前怕狼后怕虎
qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be full of needless fears
  3. 3 reds under the beds

Sample Sentences

中国也有陪审制度,叫人民陪审员。但是,他们的作用和美国的陪审团很不一样。在美国,陪审团的作用是巨大的。他们能决定最后的判决。同时也是维持司法公正的重要保障。在英美法系里,陪审团和法官分工明确。前者负责认定案件事实,后者负责适用法律。如果陪审团裁断无罪,法官当即宣告被告人无罪,当庭释放。如果裁断有罪,法官则会依法量刑。
Zhōngguó yě yǒu péishěn zhìdù ,jiào rénmín péishěnyuán 。dànshì ,tāmen de zuòyòng hé Měiguó de péishěntuán hěn bù yīyàng 。zài Měiguó ,péishěntuán de zuòyòng shì jùdà de 。tāmen néng juédìng zuìhòu de pànjué 。tóngshí yě shì wéichí sīfǎ gōngzhèng de zhòngyào bǎozhàng 。zài yīngměi fǎxì lǐ ,péishěntuán hé fǎguān fēngōng míngquè 。qiánzhě fùzé rèndìng ànjiàn shìshí ,hǒuzhě fùzé shìyòng fǎlǜ 。rúguǒ péishěntuán cáiduàn wúzuì ,fǎguān dāngjí xuāngào bèigàorén wúzuì ,dāngtíng shìfàng 。rúguǒ cáiduàn yǒuzuì ,fǎguān zé huì yīfǎ liàngxíng 。
China also has the jury system. It's called the People's jury. But their role is different from American juries. In America, the jury is really important. They can make the final judgment. And they are an important protection for maintaining the impartiality of the law. In the Anglo-American legal system, juries and judges have a clear division of labor. The former is responsible for confirming the real facts of the case, while the latter is responsible for applying the law. If the jury finds ''not guilty," the judge immediately announces that the defendant is not guilty, and releases him at once. If, on the other hand, they find him ''guilty," the judge sentences him according to the law.
有人的心原是虎穴,穴口的几朵蔷薇免不了猛虎的践踏;有人的心原是花园,园中的猛虎不免给那一片香潮醉倒。所以前者气质近于阳刚,而后者气质近于阴柔。
yǒurén de xīn yuán shì hǔ xué ,xué kǒu de jǐ duǒ qiángwēi miǎnbuliǎo měng hǔ de jiàntà ;yǒurén de xīn yuán shì huāyuán ,yuán zhōng de měng hǔ bù miǎn gěi nà yī piàn xiāng cháo zuìdǎo 。suǒyǐ qiánzhě qìzhì jìn yú yánggāng ,ér hǒuzhě qìzhì jìn yú yīnróu 。
Some people's hearts start out as tiger lairs, with the roses at the mouth of the tiger's lair inevitably being trampled by the tiger; some people's hearts start out as gardens, and the tiger in the garden is inevitably intoxicated by the fragrance. So the nature of the former is closer to masculine, and the nature of the latter is closer to feminine.
社交对前者来说自然轻松得多,对后者来说除了要多多积累些社交经验还要克服心理障碍。
shèjiāo duì qiánzhě láishuō zìrán qīngsōng de duō ,duì hǒuzhě láishuō chúle yào duōduō jīlěi xiē shèjiāo jīngyàn hái yào kèfú xīnlǐ zhàngài 。
Socializing comes with much more ease for the former, but for the latter, as well as accumulating a lot of social experience, they have to get over certain psychological obstacles.
其实这个问题比前者更难回答。因为很多人他不愿意表示自己没钱。他在一开始的时候,他可能给你的感觉是说,哎呀,这个钱不是一个问题。但是到最后的时候呢,你就发现钱的确是一个问题,而且钱是一个非常非常重要的问题。
qíshí zhè ge wèntí bǐ qiánzhě gèng nán huídá 。yīnwèi hěn duō rén tā bù yuànyì biǎoshì zìjǐ méi qián 。tā zài yīkāishǐ de shíhou ,tā kěnéng gěi nǐ de gǎnjué shì shuō ,āiyā ,zhè ge qián bùshì yī gè wèntí 。dànshì dào zuìhòu de shíhou ne ,nǐ jiù fāxiàn qián díquè shì yī gè wèntí ,érqiě qián shì yī gè fēicháng fēicháng zhòngyào de wèntí 。
The truth is that this question is more difficult to answer than the the one before. This is because most people don't willingly reveal that they don't have money. As soon as he starts to, he'll start to give you a feeling that says, ”Jeez, money isn't the problem." However, in the end, you discover that money absolutely is the problem, and money is a very important concern.
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前者,后者
qiánzhě ,hǒuzhě
Former, latter.
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