面前
miàn qián
Pinyin

Definition

面前
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miàn qián
  1. in front of
  2. facing
  3. (in the) presence (of)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下面
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
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
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
后面
hòu miàn
  1. 1 rear
  2. 2 back
  3. 3 behind
  4. 4 later
  5. 5 afterwards
  6. 6 also pr. [hòu mian]
提前
tí qián
  1. 1 to shift to an earlier date
  2. 2 to do sth ahead of time
  3. 3 in advance
界面
jiè miàn
  1. 1 contact surface
  2. 2 (computing) interface
目前
mù qián
  1. 1 at the present time
  2. 2 currently
里面
lǐ miàn
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 interior
  3. 3 also pr. [lǐ mian]
面
miàn
  1. 1 face
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 surface
  4. 4 aspect
  5. 5 top
  6. 6 classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
面前
miàn qián
  1. 1 in front of
  2. 2 facing
  3. 3 (in the) presence (of)
面对
miàn duì
  1. 1 to confront
  2. 2 to face
一面
yī miàn
  1. 1 one side
  2. 2 one aspect
  3. 3 simultaneously... (and...)
  4. 4 one's whole face
上前
shàng qián
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to step forward
上面
shàng miàn
  1. 1 on top of
  2. 2 above-mentioned
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
侧面
cè miàn
  1. 1 lateral side
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 aspect
  4. 4 profile
全面
quán miàn
  1. 1 all-around
  2. 2 comprehensive
  3. 3 total
  4. 4 overall
出面
chū miàn
  1. 1 to appear personally
  2. 2 to step in
  3. 3 to step forth
  4. 4 to show up
前世
qián shì
  1. 1 previous generations
  2. 2 previous incarnation (Buddhism)

Idioms (20)

一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
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)
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
  1. 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
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)
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
  1. 1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
  2. 2 double dealing and back stabbing
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
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)

Sample Sentences

宝贝儿你想考我文艺片的台词吗？世界上最遥远的距离是，我站在你面前，你却不知道我爱你。
bǎobèir nǐ xiǎng kǎo wǒ wényìpiān de táicí ma ？shìjiè shàng zuì yáoyuǎnde jùlí shì ，wǒ zhàn zài nǐ miànqián ，nǐ què bù zhīdào wǒ ài nǐ 。
Darling, are you testing me on arthouse film dialogue? The longest distance is when I stand right in front of you, but you don't know that I love you.
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我同事今天太老实了，竟然在老板面前直接说他的不是。
wǒ tóngshì jīntiān tài lǎoshi le ，jìngrán zài lǎobǎn miànqián zhíjiē shuō tā de búshi 。
My colleague is too naïve; he corrects our boss directly in front of him.
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就是，上次我去芬兰，天下着雪呢，我们到餐厅吃饭，人家硬是一壶带冰的水放你面前。我看着就起鸡皮，没法喝，还好我随身带了保温杯。
jiùshì ，shàngcì wǒ qù Fēnlán ，tiān xià zhe xuě ne ，wǒmen dào cāntīng chī fàn ，rénjia yìngshì yī hú dài bīng de shuǐ fàng nǐ miànqián 。wǒ kàn zhe jiù qǐ jīpí ，méifǎ hē ，háihǎo wǒ suíshēn dài le bǎowēnbēi 。
Exactly, the last time I visited Finland, it was snowing. We went to a restaurant to eat and they served us with a pot of ice water. Just looking at it gave me goosebumps. I could not drink it but fortunately I brought my thermos mug.
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话是这么说没错，可有人的气场就是如此强大，就算我内心涌动着钱塘潮一般的自信，到了人家面前就相形见绌了。
huà shì zhèmeshuō méicuò ，kě yǒu rén de qìchǎng jiùshì rúcǐ qiángdà ，jiùsuàn wǒ nèixīn yǒngdòng zhe qiántángcháo yībān de zìxìn ，dào le rénjiā miànqián jiù xiāngxíngjiànchù le 。
That's all very good on paper, but some people have such a big aura, that even if I had a massive tide of self-confidence rise up inside me, when I'm in front of other people, it pales by comparison.
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嗯，第一桩事是还好，只是让他在朋友面前丢了脸而已。我们跟朋友一起聚餐，他们尽喜欢说污段子，这不，他们又讲了一个十分隐晦的污段子，不过污婆如我那还不是秒懂。
ng4 ，dì yī zhuāng shì shì hái hǎo ，zhǐshì ràng tā zài péngyou miànqián diū le liǎn éryǐ 。wǒmen gēn péngyou yīqǐ jùcān ，tāmen jìn xǐhuan shuō wūduànzi ，zhè bù ，tāmen yòu jiǎng le yī gè shífēn yǐnhuì de wūduànzi ，bùguò wūpó rú wǒ nà háibùshì miǎodǒng 。
Yeah, the first thing wasn't that big a deal, I just embarrassed him in front of his friends. We were eating together with a group of friends, and they really like to tell dirty jokes. Not just that, they were telling quite an obscure dirty joke, but it didn't take a second for a dirty wench like me to understand it.
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没有很好，我还是没憋住笑，只听“噗”地一声，水，就从我的嘴巴、鼻孔喷涌而出，大家面前的我就成了一只喷水的小飞象。
méiyǒu hěn hǎo ，wǒ háishì méi biē zhù xiào ，zhǐ tīng “pū ”de yīshēng ，shuǐ ，jiù cóng wǒ de zuǐbā 、bíkǒng pēn yǒng ér chū ，dàjiā miànqián de wǒ jiù chéng le yī zhī pēn shuǐ de xiǎofēixiàng 。
I wasn't great. I still wasn't able to smother my laughter, so there was a "ptish" and the water, gushed out of my mouth and nostrils. So I turned into Dumbo, spraying water right there in front of everyone.
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那到底怎么分的手啊，不会因为在朋友面前形象尽毁你家那位就不要你了吧。
nà dàodǐ zěnme fēn de shǒu ā ，bùhuì yīnwèi zài péngyou miànqián xíngxiàng jìn huǐ nǐ jiā nà wèi jiù bù yào nǐ le ba 。
So how did you end up splitting up? Your boyfriend didn't dump you just because you made him look bad in front of his friends, did he?
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若干年后齐宣王过世，他的儿子齐愍王继承了王位。这位齐愍王和他爹一样也喜欢听人吹奏竽，不同的是，他喜欢听独奏。有天，他颁布了道命令，要求隔天让那三百位乐师逐一吹竽给他听。乐师们听闻命令都相当开心，大家都想要在君王面前大展身手，只有那位滥竽充数的南郭先生觉得非常心虚，十分焦虑。心想：”这可是欺君之罪，要杀头的啊！我还不得赶紧溜之大吉？”于是连忙收拾行李，有多远逃多远了。
ruògān nián hòu QíXuānwáng guòshì ，tā de érzi QíMǐnwáng jìchéng le wángwèi 。zhèwèi QíMǐnwáng hé tā diē yīyàng yě xǐhuan tīng rén chuīzòu yú ，bùtóng de shì ，tā xǐhuan tīng dúzòu 。yǒu tiān ，tā bānbù le dào mìnglìng ，yāoqiú gétiān ràng nà sān bǎi wèi yuèshī zhúyī chuī yú gěi tā tīng 。yuèshī men tīngwén mìnglìng dōu xiāngdāng kāixīn ，dàjiā dōu xiǎngyào zài jūnwáng miànqián dàzhǎnshēnshǒu ，zhǐyǒu nà wèi lànyúchōngshù de Nánguō xiānsheng juéde fēicháng xīnxū ，shífēn jiāolu:4 。xīnxiǎng ：”zhè kěshì qījūnzhīzuì ，yào shātóu de a ！wǒ hái bùdé gǎnjǐn liūzhīdàjí ？”yúshì liánmáng shōushi xíngli ，yǒu duō yuǎn táo duō yuǎn le 。
Some years later, the King passed away and his son, the King Min, inherited the throne. The King was similar to his dad in that he also loved listening to the yu. The difference was that he preferred solo performances. One day, he enacted an order, asking the 300 musicians to play the yu for him one by one. The musicians were quite happy to hear this order since they all wanted to show their talent in front of the King. However, Nan Guo, who has been pretending to play the yu, felt very guilty and anxious about this order. He thought “This is a crime of deceiving the King, people are decapitated over this! I must escape right this moment!” So he urgently packed his luggage and fled as far as he could.
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最好是！觉得自己是魏征吗？是诤友吗？有哪个诤友会让自己的朋友在众人面前丢脸的。
zuì hǎo shì ！juéde zìjǐ shì Wèi Zhēng ma ？shì zhèngyǒu ma ？yǒu nǎge zhèngyǒu huì ràng zìjǐ de péngyou zài zhòngrén miànqián diū liǎn de 。
Yeah right! Who do you think you are? Wei Zheng? A "true friend"? How can you be a good friend when you embarrass them in public?
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他很贱！自己什么好处都拿了，还在别人面前装可怜，博取同情，真恶心！
tā hěn jiàn ！zìjǐ shénme hǎochu dōu ná le ，háizài biérén miànqián zhuāng kělián ，bóqǔ tóngqíng ，zhēn ěxīn ！
He's such a $*% (your choice of of a mild insult). He's already got all the benefits he can possibly get and he still pretends to be pitiful in front of other people and tries to win their sympathy. It's disgusting.
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