前夕
qián xī
Pinyin

Definition

前夕
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qián xī
  1. eve
  2. the day before

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
Chú xī
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve
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

Idioms (20)

一夕数惊
yī xī shù jīng
  1. 1 one scare after another (idiom)
  2. 2 in a constant state of tension
一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
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)

Sample Sentences

70年前,中华人民共和国成立前夕,美国国务卿艾奇逊在关于送呈《美国与中国的关系》白皮书致总统杜鲁门的信中说:“近代史上每一个中国政府必须面临的第一个问题,是解决人民的吃饭问题,到现在为止,没有一个政府是成功的。”
nián qián ,ZhōnghuáRénmínGònghéguó chénglì qiánxī ,Měiguó guówùqīng Àiqíxùn zài guānyú sòngchéng 《Měiguó yǔ Zhōngguó de guānxi 》báipíshū zhì zǒngtǒng dùlǔmén de xìn zhōng shuō :“jìndàishǐ shàng měi yīgē Zhōngguó zhèngfǔ bìxū miànlín de dìyī ge wèntí ,shì jiějué rénmín de chīfàn wèntí ,dào xiànzài wéizhǐ ,méiyǒu yīgē zhèngfǔ shì chénggōng de 。”
70 years ago, on the eve of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, US Secretary of State Acheson said in a letter to President Truman on the White Paper on the relationship between the United States and China: "The first problem that every Chinese government must face in modern history is solving the people’s food problems, no government has been successful so far.”