前段
qián duàn
Pinyin

Definition

前段
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qián duàn
  1. front part (of an object)
  2. first part (of an event)
  3. previous paragraph

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
段
Duàn
  1. 1 surname Duan
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
前景
qián jǐng
  1. 1 foreground
  2. 2 vista
  3. 3 (future) prospects
  4. 4 perspective
前期
qián qī
  1. 1 preceding period
  2. 2 early stage
前程
qián chéng
  1. 1 future (career etc) prospects

Idioms (20)

一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
一折两段
yī zhé liǎng duàn
  1. 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

听说你前段时间去新加坡出差了，又有什么大事要报道吗？
tīngshuō nǐ qiánduànshíjiān qù Xīnjiāpō chūchāi le ，yòu yǒu shénme dàshì yào bàodào ma ？
I heard you traveled to Singapore recently for work, was there anything big to report?
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番泻叶不太好吧！前段时间有个新闻，就是说一个女中学生喝番泻叶导致内分泌紊乱，总是暴饮暴食，然后拼命喝番泻叶,最后得了强迫症。
fānxièyè bù tài hǎo ba ！qiánduànshíjiān yǒu ge xīnwén ，jiùshìshuō yī ge nǚ zhōngxuéshēng hē fānxièyè dǎozhì nèifēnmì wěnluàn ，zǒngshì bàoyǐnbàoshí ，ránhòu pīnmìng hē fānxièyè ,zuìhòu dé le qiǎngpò zhèng 。
Senna leaf isn't the greatest, I don't think. There was something in the news recently-- they said a middle-school student took so much senna leaf that her endocrine system got all messed up. She was always eating and drinking way too much, and then taking a ton of senna leaf. In the end, she got obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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啊？拉入黑名单了？这，你俩前段时间不是才打得火热，这瞬间就冷却了啊，感情这事儿，真是让人百思不得其解啊。
ā ？lā rù hēimíngdān le ？zhè ，nǐ liǎ qiánduànshíjiān bùshì cái dǎ de huǒrè ，zhè shùnjiān jiù lěngquè le ā ，gǎnqíng zhè shìr5 ，zhēn shì ràngrén bǎisībùdéqíjiě ā 。
Huh? On your blacklist? Haven't you two been as thick as thieves recently? So your relationship has cooled all of a sudden. Relationships really are difficult things to figure out.
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没有。不过，前段时间我心情不太好。
méiyǒu 。bùguò ，qiánduàn shíjiān wǒ xīnqíng bùtài hǎo 。
No, not at all. But in the last little while my mood hasn't been that great.
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我前段时间也入了个PS3，一直想破解，但没什么经验，不敢弄。
wǒ qiánduànshíjiān yě rù le gè PS sān ，yīzhí xiǎng pòjiě ，dàn méi shénme jīngyàn ，bùgǎn nòng 。
I also bought a PS3 a little while ago. I've been wanting to get it cracked but I don't have any experience so I don't dare do it.
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你前段时间干吗去了？都见不到你的人影。
nǐ qiánduàn shíjiān gàn ma qù le ？dōu jiàn bùdào nǐ de rényǐng 。
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我不觉得。有些节目还是看电视直播更有意思。比如前段时间大热的超级女声比赛，我每周守着电视等着看直播的时候，真是激动啊，而网上下载要等电视节目结束以后才有，多没意思呀。
wǒ bù juédé 。yǒuxiē jiémù hái shì kàn diànshì zhíbō gēng yǒuyìsi 。bǐrú qiánduànshíjiān dàrè de chāojí nǚshēng bǐsài ，wǒ měizhōu shǒu zhe diànshì děng zhe kàn zhíbō de shíhou ，zhēnshì jīdòng ā ，ér wǎngshàng xiàzài yào děng diànshìjiémù jiéshù yǐhòu cái yǒu ，duō méiyìsī yā 。
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哎，没办法啊，谁愿意背井离乡呢。可是我这个专业在国内发展空间太小，而在加拿大我们这一行发展得要更快更广，我一直想去学习学习。前段时间刚好有个加拿大公司想聘用我，就协助我办理了移民。
āi ，méi bànfǎ ā ，shéi yuànyì bèijǐnglíxiāng ne 。kěshì wǒ zhège zhuānyè zàiguónèi fāzhǎn kōngjiān tàixiǎo ，ér zài Jiānádà wǒmen zhè yī háng fāzhǎn de yào gèng kuài gèng guǎng ，wǒ yīzhí xiǎng qù xuéxí xuéxí 。qiánduànshíjiān gānghǎo yǒu ge Jiānádà gōngsī xiǎng pìnyòng wǒ ，jiù xiézhù wǒ bànlǐ le yímín 。
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