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前
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qián
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- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly
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来
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lái
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- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
- ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
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