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"before the present" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
距今 jù jīn before the present / (a long period) ago
Chinese Pinyin Translation
好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
呈 chéng to present to a superior / memorial / petition / to present (a certain appearance) / to assume (a shape) / to be (a certain color) syn
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
奉赠 奉贈 fèng zèng (honorific) to present / to give as a present
礼轻人意重 禮輕人意重 lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 禮輕人意重，千里送鵝毛 lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes / now / at present syn
递交 遞交 dì jiāo to present / to give / to hand over / to hand in / to lay before syn
意存笔先，画尽意在 意存筆先，畫盡意在 yì cún bǐ xiān , huà jìn yì zài the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
此前 cǐ qián before this / before then / previously syn
公元前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn
整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
先礼后兵 先禮後兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war
宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
一波未平，一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
兵马未动，粮草先行 兵馬未動，糧草先行 bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom) / logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
前儿 前兒 qián r before / day before yesterday
西元前 xī yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
偷跑 tōu pǎo to sneak off / to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun / to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun / to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release
小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
现在 現在 xiàn zài now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays syn
目前 mù qián at the present time / currently syn
介绍 介紹 jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction syn
今天 jīn tiān today / the present time / now syn
当前 當前 dāng qián the present time / to be faced with syn
这次 這次 zhè cì present / now / current
不在 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
礼物 禮物 lǐ wù gift / present / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4],份[fen4] syn
礼品 禮品 lǐ pǐn gift / present syn
此刻 cǐ kè this moment / now / at present syn
出席 chū xí to attend / to participate / present syn
赠送 贈送 zèng sòng to present as a gift syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
呈现 呈現 chéng xiàn to appear / to emerge / to present (a certain appearance) / to demonstrate syn
当代 當代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era syn
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send / to give as a present
当今 當今 dāng jīn the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty syn
直至 zhí zhì lasting until / up till (the present) syn
在场 在場 zài chǎng to be present / to be on the scene syn
全场 全場 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match)
献给 獻給 xiàn gěi present to / offer to syn
眼下 yǎn xià now / at present / (anatomy) subocular syn
时事 時事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going syn
祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn
时下 時下 shí xià at present / right now syn
到场 到場 dào chǎng to show up / present (at the scene) syn
送礼 送禮 sòng lǐ to give a present syn
现阶段 現階段 xiàn jiē duàn at the present stage syn
而今 ér jīn now / at the present (time) syn
今次 jīn cì this / the present (meeting etc) / this time / this once
凸显 凸顯 tū xiǎn to present clearly / to give prominence to / to magnify / clear and obvious syn
献上 獻上 xiàn shàng to offer (respectfully) / to present
上书 上書 shàng shū to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition syn
在座 zài zuò to be present syn
今朝 jīn zhāo (dialect) today / (literary) the present / this age syn
馈赠 饋贈 kuì zèng to present (a gift) to (sb) syn
致以 zhì yǐ to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc) syn
楚国 楚國 chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
旁听 旁聽 páng tīng to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class)
令狐 líng hú old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2yi1 Xian4], Shanxi) / two-character surname Linghu
当世 當世 dāng shì the present age / in office / the current office holder
到齐 到齊 dào qí to be all present
旁若无人 旁若無人 páng ruò wú rén to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others syn
目下 mù xià at present syn
铺路 鋪路 pū lù to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success
亘古 亙古 gèn gǔ throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present) syn
引见 引見 yǐn jiàn to introduce (sb) / (esp.) to present to the emperor syn
现值 現值 xiàn zhí present value
还礼 還禮 huán lǐ to return a politeness / to present a gift in return syn
出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn
直隶 直隸 zhí lì Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
现 現 xiàn to appear / present / now / existing / current syn
翻案 fān àn to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict
立论 立論 lì lùn to set forth one's view / to present one's argument / argument / line of reasoning
鲁国 魯國 lǔ guó Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius
赠予 贈予 zèng yǔ to give a present / to accord (a favor) / to grant syn
今昔 jīn xī past and present / yesterday and today syn
上疏 shàng shū (of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
列位 liè wèi ladies and gentlemen / all of you present
献宝 獻寶 xiàn bǎo to present a treasure / to offer a valuable piece of advice / to show off what one treasures
来不得 來不得 lái bu dé cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit syn
呈献 呈獻 chéng xiàn to present respectfully syn
呈交 chéng jiāo (formal and deferential) to present / to submit syn
转赠 轉贈 zhuǎn zèng to pass on a present syn
朝贡 朝貢 cháo gòng to present tribute (to the emperor) syn
即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn
呈送 chéng sòng to present / to render syn
今 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) syn
满堂彩 滿堂彩 mǎn táng cǎi everyone present applauds / universal acclaim / a standing ovation / to bring the house down
忆苦思甜 憶苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom) syn
呈递 呈遞 chéng dì to present / to submit syn
寿礼 壽禮 shòu lǐ birthday present (for an old person)
敬奉 jìng fèng to worship piously / to present / to dedicate syn
面授机宜 面授機宜 miàn shòu jī yí (idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue / to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation
博古通今 bó gǔ tōng jīn conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed syn
送 sòng to send / to deliver / to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany / to go along with syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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