英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn 前院 qián yuàn front courtyard / front yard 前端 qián duān front / front end / forward part of sth syn 前边 前邊 qián bian front / the front side / in front of syn 铺面 鋪面 pù miàn front window / store front syn 跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) 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] 前部 qián bù front part / front section 前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn 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 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 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 领先 領先 lǐng xiān to lead / to be in front 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) 一流 yī liú top quality / front ranking syn 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 前方 qián fāng ahead / the front syn 颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn 门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door 头版 頭版 tóu bǎn (newspaper's) front page syn 前后 前後 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear syn 一线 一線 yī xiàn front line syn 战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn 当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of / in the presence of syn 当众 當眾 dāng zhòng in public / in front of everybody syn 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear / far behind the front line syn 阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position / front syn 前头 前頭 qián tou in front / at the head / ahead / above 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 前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) syn 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 遥遥领先 遙遙領先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin syn 门牙 門牙 mén yá front tooth / incisor syn 前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph 前哨 qián shào outpost / (fig.) front line 店面 diàn miàn shop front 门面 門面 mén mian shop front / facade / CL:間|间[jian1] / prestige syn 外场 外場 wài chǎng outer area (of a place that has an inner area) / dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen) / outfield (baseball etc) / area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium) / field (maintenance, testing etc) / (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage syn 先头 先頭 xiān tóu (usu. of troops) in advance / in the vanguard / previously / in front / placed ahead of others syn 前列 qián liè the very front 机头 機頭 jī tóu the front (nose) of a plane etc 前轮 前輪 qián lún front wheel 前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn 第一线 第一線 dì yī xiàn front line / forefront 准星 準星 zhǔn xīng front sight (firearms) / the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard syn 双簧 雙簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon) 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 前庭 qián tíng front courtyard / vestibule 铲车 鏟車 chǎn chē front loader (vehicle) / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks syn 假面具 jiǎ miàn jù mask / fig. false façade / deceptive front 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 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 拔尖 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front syn 腹背受敌 腹背受敵 fù bèi shòu dí (idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear syn 冷锋 冷鋒 lěng fēng cold front (meteorology) 独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn 衣襟 yī jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket / lapel syn 门庭若市 門庭若市 mén tíng ruò shì front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors syn 首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter 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 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 前端总线 前端總線 qián duān zǒng xiàn (computing) front-side bus (FSB) 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 眼皮底下 yǎn pí dǐ xia in front of one's eyes 轮距 輪距 lún jù tread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle) 副驾驶 副駕駛 fù jià shǐ copilot (abbr. for 副駕駛員|副驾驶员[fu4jia4shi3yuan2]) / front passenger seat (abbr. for 副駕駛座|副驾驶座[fu4jia4shi3zuo4]) 领先者 領先者 lǐng xiān zhě front-runner 副驾驶座 副駕駛座 fù jià shǐ zuò front passenger seat 华表 華表 huá biǎo marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs) 晚生 wǎn shēng I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old) 班师 班師 bān shī to withdraw troops from the front / to return in triumph syn 封二 fēng èr inside front cover 前敌 前敵 qián dí front line (military) syn 美国 美國 měi guó United States / USA / US 伦敦 倫敦 lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom 团结 團結 tuán jié to unite / unity / solidarity / united syn 联合国 聯合國 lián hé guó United Nations 全美 quán měi throughout the United States / the whole of America 波多黎各 bō duō lí gè Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States 合众国 合眾國 hé zhòng guó federated nation / the United States syn 联队 聯隊 lián duì wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea) 盟国 盟國 méng guó allies / united countries syn 同心 tóng xīn to be of one mind / united / concentric syn 万众一心 萬眾一心 wàn zhòng yī xīn millions of people all of one mind (idiom) / the people united syn 花旗 huā qí the Stars and Stripes (US flag) / by extension, the United States of America / abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行 阿联酋 阿聯酋 ā lián qiú United Arab Emirates (abbr. for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國|阿拉伯联合酋长国[A1 la1 bo2 Lian2 he2 Qiu2 zhang3 guo2]) syn 曼联 曼聯 màn lián Manchester United Football Club 安理会 安理會 ān lǐ huì (United Nations) Security Council 阿布扎比 ā bù zā bǐ Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE) 