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前 qián

qián adjective front
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 前面 'front' in terms of phyiscal position (ABC 'qián' 前 bf; Guoyu '前' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '前' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 2; Unihan '前')
qián noun former; the past
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: For example, 前所未有 'never happened in the past, i.e. unprecedented' (CCI '前所未有'; Kroll 2015 '前' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 3; Unihan '前').
qián verb to go forward
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1a; NCCED '前'; Unihan '前')
qián adjective preceding
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 5)
qián adjective before; earlier; prior
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 2; Kroll 2015 '前' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 4; Unihan '前')
qián verb to appear before
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1b, p. 361)
qián noun future
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (NCCED '前' 6)
qián noun top; first
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 7)
qián noun battlefront
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
Notes: (NCCED '前' 8)
qián prefix pre-
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 前总统 'former president' (ABC 'qián' 前 pref)
qián adjective before; former; pūrva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrva, Japanese: zen (BCSD '前', p. 195; DJBT '前', p. 425; Mahāvyutpatti 'pūrvāntaḥ'; MW 'pūrva'; SH '前', p. 297)
qián adjective facing; mukha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mukha (BCSD '前', p. 195; MW 'mukha')

Contained in

前堂 Front Hall
向前有路 Keep going
十方现在佛悉在前立定经(十方現在佛悉在前立定經) Shi Fang Xianzi Fo Xi Zi Qian Li Ding Jing
诸佛现前三昧(諸佛現前三昧) samādhi for encountering the Buddhas of the present

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 726
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 619
Scroll 6 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 341
Scroll 4 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 331
Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 329
Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 315
Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 310
Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 304
Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 290
Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 272

Collocations

佛前 (佛前) 立於佛前 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 34
前坐 (前坐) 別取小牀敷在佛前坐 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 18
王前 (王前) 詣羅呵阿須倫王前 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 12
前立 (前立) 此諸大神皆嫌此比丘當佛前立 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
前白佛 (前白佛) 前白佛言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
帝释前 (帝釋前) 於帝釋前忉利天眾中鼓琴供養 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 8
舍前 (捨前) 而捨前採藥及拾落果 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 4
太子前 (太子前) 安置車馬控太子前 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
毘婆尸佛前 (毘婆尸佛前) 詣毘婆尸佛前 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
听前 (聽前) 今日何故不聽前立 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 3