前台
qián tái
Pinyin

Definition

前台
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qián tái
  1. stage
  2. proscenium
  3. foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)
  4. front desk
  5. reception desk
  6. (computing) front-end
  7. foreground

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
qián shì
  1. 1 previous generations
  2. 2 previous incarnation (Buddhism)
qián lái
  1. 1 to come (formal)
  2. 2 before
  3. 3 previously
qián xī
  1. 1 eve
  2. 2 the day before
qián yè
  1. 1 the eve
  2. 2 the night before
qián tiān
  1. 1 the day before yesterday
qián zòu
  1. 1 prelude
  2. 2 presage
qián qī
  1. 1 ex-wife
  2. 2 late wife
qián nián
  1. 1 the year before last
qián wǎng
  1. 1 to leave for
  2. 2 to proceed towards
  3. 3 to go
qián hòu
  1. 1 around
  2. 2 from beginning to end
  3. 3 all around
  4. 4 front and rear
qián suǒ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 unprecedented
qián tí
  1. 1 premise
  2. 2 precondition
  3. 3 prerequisite
qián fāng
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 the front
qián jǐng
  1. 1 foreground
  2. 2 vista
  3. 3 (future) prospects
  4. 4 perspective
qián qī
  1. 1 preceding period
  2. 2 early stage
qián chéng
  1. 1 future (career etc) prospects
qián zhě
  1. 1 the former

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
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
前缘未了
qián yuán wèi liǎo
  1. 1 one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
前赴后继
qián fù hòu jì
  1. 1 to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
前车之覆,后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  2. 2 learn from past mistake
  3. 3 once bitten twice shy
前车之鉴
qián chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

人不多,办事群众就我一个,前台受理人员有三个,三个人的态度没什么可以挑剔的,
rén bù duō ,bànshì qúnzhòng jiù wǒ yī ge ,qiántái shòulǐ rényuán yǒu sān ge ,sān ge rén de tàidu méishénme kěyǐ tiāoti de ,
There were few people there, and I was the only customer. There were three people behind the front desk. Their attitude was impeccable.
扯远啦,话说回来,我踏进和我们机构类似的那种前台服务大厅,
chěyuǎn la ,huàshuōhuílai ,wǒ tàjìn hé wǒmen jīgòu lèisì de nàzhǒng qiántái fúwù dàtīng ,
It's a long story. Anyways, I walked into the lobby, which was a lot like where I work.
也许还有第四种情况,也就是,天下最极品的前台办事人员都已经被我们机构网罗殆尽了,
yěxǔ háiyǒu dìsìzhǒng qíngkuàng ,yě jiùshì ,tiānxià zuì jípǐn de qiántái bànshì rényuán dōu yǐjīng bèi wǒmen jīgòu wǎngluódànjìn le ,
Perhaps there is a fourth situation, that is, we have already enlisted the weirdest office staff in the world,
呵呵,那不是办理证件的前台那是售楼部前台售楼部前台还承诺送你汽车呢!
hēhē ,nà búshi bànlǐ zhèngjiàn de qiántái nà shì shòulǒubù qiántái shòulǒubù qiántái hái chéngnuò sòng nǐ qìchē ne !
Ha Ha! That is not the front desk to take care of documents, that is the front desk of the real estate sales office, which has also promised to give you a car!
遇到小F样的前台奇葩,把惜墨如金发展到极致,多一个字都懒得再说,去办事前,得先在网上弄清相关手续,最好自食其力做足功课,别指望从小F嘴里抠出一个有用的字。
yùdào xiǎo F yàng de qiántái qípā ,bǎ xímòrújiān fāzhǎn dào jízhì ,duō yī ge zì dōu lǎndé zàishuō ,qù bànshì qián ,děi xiān zài wǎngshàng nòngqīng xiāngguān shǒuxù ,zuìhǎo zìshíqílì zuòzú gōngkè ,bié zhǐwàng cóngxiǎo F zuǐlǐ kōuchū yī ge yǒuyòng de zì 。
Or meeting the weird Little F person at the front desk, who is stingy to the extreme with their words, too lazy to say more than one word, before starting the paperwork, you must first clearly understand the relevant procedures online, it's best to do your own homework and not expect to dig out one useful word from Little F's mouth.
那你应该去找前台。我是网管,不会修椅子。
nà nǐ yīnggāi qù zhǎo qiántái 。wǒ shì wǎngguǎn ,bùhuì xiū yǐzi 。
Then you should go to the front desk. I'm the network administrator; I can't fix chairs.
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这是你的座位。公司厨房有咖啡和茶。缺什么办公用品的话,可以去前台登记和领取。
zhè shì nǐ de zuòwèi 。gōngsī chúfáng yǒu kāfēi hé chá 。quē shénme bàngōngyòngpǐn dehuà ,kěyǐ qù qiántái dēngjì hé lǐngqǔ 。
This is your seat. The office kitchen has coffee and tea. If you need some office supplies, you can go to the front desk, sign for them and get them.
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