a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
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premarital sex
prenuptial agreement / dowry contract
pre-eclampsia, toxaemia of pregnancy (medicine)
preschool education / early childhood education
to monopolize the limelight (idiom) / to get all the glory / to rank highest
left forward (soccer position)
thinking and pondering (idiom) / to turn sth over in one's mind / to consider repeatedly
(in) the past / ahead / forward / in the future
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom) / to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
(idiom) the area around one's house
to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc) / (military) to dispatch an advance party
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
early vote
to support the front (military)
New Year's eve
pronator teres muscle (below the elbow)
previously
see 花前月下[]
facing forwards
psyllium (genus Plantago)
see 爭先恐後|争先恐后[]
living will
prenatal checkup / antenatal examination
to shrink back in fear (idiom) / too cowardly to advance
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) / to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character
precancerous stage
a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
to forget former enmity (idiom)
(one's) eyes light up / to be impressed by what one sees
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
pretax / before taxes
before the common era (BC)
economic future / economic outlook
in the past / formerly
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
(idiom) romantic surroundings
wriggle
preoperative / before surgery
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27