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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

前卫qián wèi

advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)

前头qián tou

in front / at the head / ahead / above

前嫌qián xián

former hatred / bygone enmity

前锋qián fēng

vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)

前夕qián xī

eve / the day before

前列腺qián liè xiàn

prostate gland

前不久qián bù jiǔ

not long ago / not long before

前途无量qián tú wú liàng

to have boundless prospects

前期qián qī

preceding period / early stage

前者qián zhě

the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)

前院qián yuàn

front courtyard / front yard

前功尽弃qián gōng jìn qì

to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain

前沿qián yán

(military) forward position / frontier / cutting-edge / forefront

前所未见qián suǒ wèi jiàn

unprecedented / never seen before

前世qián shì

previous life / former incarnation

前段qián duàn

front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph

前兆qián zhào

omen / prior indication / first sign

前哨qián shào

outpost / (fig.) front line

前臂qián bì

forearm

前厅qián tīng

anteroom / vestibule / lobby (of a hotel etc)

前端qián duān

front / front end / forward part of sth

前奏qián zòu

prelude / presage

前年qián nián

the year before last

前边qián bian

front / the front side / in front of

前无古人qián wú gǔ rén

(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of

前列qián liè

the very front

前车之鉴qián chē zhī jiàn

(lit.) a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom) / (fig.) lesson learned from past mistakes or failures

前轮qián lún

front wheel

前人qián rén

predecessor / forebears / the person facing you

前身qián shēn

forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front

前脚qián jiǎo

one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)

前言qián yán

preface / foreword / introduction / preamble / earlier remarks / earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers

公元前gōng yuán qián

BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)

空前kōng qián

unprecedented

史无前例shǐ wú qián lì

(idiom) unprecedented in history

跟前gēn qián

the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date)

跟前gēn qian

(of children, parents etc) at one's side / living with one

事前shì qián

in advance / before the event

史前shǐ qián

prehistoric times / (attributive) prehistoric

台前tái qián

front of the stage

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