人字拖鞋 rén zì tuō xié flip-flops / flip-flop sandals / thongs / see also 人字拖[ren2 zi4 tuo1] 避重就轻式票据 避重就輕式票據 flip-flop note / flip-flop bond 前边 前邊 qián bian front / the front side / in front of syn 练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) syn 玩意 wán yì toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) syn 把戏 把戲 bǎ xì acrobatics / jugglery / trick / ploy syn 杂技 雜技 zá jì acrobatics / CL:場|场[chang3] syn 杂戏 雜戲 zá xì acrobatics / entertainment at folk festival 前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) syn 前端 qián duān front / front end / forward part of sth syn 前部 qián bù front part / front section 铺面 鋪面 pù miàn front window / store front syn 前院 qián yuàn front courtyard / front yard 装点门面 裝點門面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn lit. to decorate the front of one's store (idiom) / fig. to embellish (one's CV, etc) / to keep up appearances / to put up a front 人来疯 人來瘋 rén lái fēng to get hyped up in front of an audience / (of children) to play up in front of guests 拯救阿富汗伊斯兰民族联合阵线 United Islamic and National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan / United Front 塔瓦福克伊拉克阵线 塔瓦福克伊拉克陣線 tǎ wǎ fú kè yī lā kè zhèn xiàn Tawafoq Iraqi Front / Iraqi Accord Front 伊拉克和谐阵线 伊拉克和諧陣線 Tawafoq Iraqi Front / Iraqi Accord Front 蒂格雷人民解放阵线 蒂格雷人民解放陣線 Tigre Popular Liberation Front / Tigre People Liberation Front 埃塞俄比亚人民革命民主阵线 埃塞俄比亞人民革命民主陣線 Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front / Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Madeshi 解放阵线 Madeshi 解放陣線 Madeshi Liberation Front / Madeshi National Liberation Front 封里 封裡 fēng lǐ inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers) 拖鞋 tuō xié slippers / sandals / flip-flops / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 翻转 翻轉 fān zhuǎn to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip syn 翻腾 翻騰 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly syn 翻阅 翻閱 fān yuè to thumb through / to flip through (a book) syn 翻盖 翻蓋 fān gài flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc) / to rebuild / to renovate syn 投掷 投擲 tóu zhì to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin) syn 发飙 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently 翻动 翻動 fān dòng to flip over / to turn (a page) / to scroll (an electronic document) / to stir (food in a pot etc) / to move things about / to rummage syn 触发器 觸發器 chù fā qì flip-flop (electronics) 翻车 翻車 fān chē (of a vehicle) to flip over / (fig.) to go wrong / to flop syn 空翻 kōng fān flip / somersault 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn 人字拖 rén zì tuō flip-flops (abbr. for 人字拖鞋[ren2zi4 tuo1xie2]) 发飚 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently / also written 發飆|发飚[fa1 biao1] 踺子 jiàn zǐ somersault (in gymnastics or dance) / head-over-heels / aerial flip 飜 fān variant of 翻 / to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to translate / to decode 气候突变 qì hòu tū biàn climate flip 生态系统突变 shēng tài xì tǒng tū biàn ecosystem flip 翻页挂图 翻頁掛圖 flip chart 夹脚拖鞋 夾腳拖鞋 jiá jiǎo tuō xié flip-flops 夹脚拖 夾腳拖 jiā jiǎo tuō flip-flops 翻桌 fān zhuō to flip a table over (in a fit of anger) / (at a restaurant) to turn over a table (i.e. to complete a cycle from the seating of one group of diners until the arrival of another group at the same table) 踺子 jiàn zi somersault (in gymnastics or dance) / aerial flip 首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter 面前 miàn qián in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of) syn 前面 qián miàn ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5] syn 领先 領先 lǐng xiān to lead / to be in front syn 一流 yī liú top quality / front ranking syn 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 前后 前後 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear syn 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn 一线 一線 yī xiàn front line syn 前方 qián fāng ahead / the front syn 门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door 前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) syn 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position / front syn 店面 diàn miàn shop front 后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear / far behind the front line syn 前列 qián liè the very front 当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of / in the presence of syn 眼底 yǎn dǐ fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama syn 前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph 当众 當眾 dāng zhòng in public / in front of everybody syn 前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn 门面 門面 mén mian shop front / facade / CL:間|间[jian1] / prestige syn 战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn 颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn 拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn 前头 前頭 qián tou in front / at the head / ahead / above syn 第一线 第一線 dì yī xiàn front line / forefront 衣襟 yī jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket / lapel syn 反转 反轉 fǎn zhuǎn reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc) syn 作揖 zuò yī to bow with hands held in front 纵深 縱深 zòng shēn depth (from front to rear) / depth (into a territory) / span (of time) / (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc) syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 统一战线 統一戰線 tǒng yī zhàn xiàn united front 头版 頭版 tóu bǎn (newspaper's) front page syn 统战部 統戰部 tǒng zhàn bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] 前端总线 前端總線 qián duān zǒng xiàn (computing) front-side bus (FSB) 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 前轮 前輪 qián lún front wheel 统战 統戰 tǒng zhàn united front (abbr. for 統一戰線|统一战线[tong3 yi1 zhan4 xian4]) 临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line 追尾 zhuī wěi to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating 遥遥领先 遙遙領先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin syn 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 门牙 門牙 mén yá front tooth / incisor syn 眼皮底下 yǎn pí dǐ xia in front of one's eyes 先头 先頭 xiān tóu (usu. of troops) in advance / in the vanguard / previously / in front / placed ahead of others syn 机头 機頭 jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc 拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front syn 