前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn 以后 以後 yǐ hòu after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future syn 那时 那時 nà shí then / at that time / in those days syn 未来 未來 wèi lái future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending syn 日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn 将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future / future / the future / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 前途 qián tú prospects / future outlook / journey syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 今后 今後 jīn hòu hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on syn 往后 往後 wǎng hòu from now on / in the future / time to come syn 年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along syn 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects syn 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 前景 qián jǐng foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective syn 早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn 后头 後頭 hòu tou behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 往日 wǎng rì former days / the past syn 有朝一日 yǒu zhāo yī rì one day / sometime in the future 昔日 xī rì former days / in the past syn 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 日后 日後 rì hòu sometime / someday (in the future) syn 到时 到時 dào shí at that (future) time syn 后事 後事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements syn 度日 dù rì to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence syn 断送 斷送 duàn sòng to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined syn 葬送 zàng sòng to hold a funeral procession and burial / to give sb a final send-off / (fig.) to ruin (one's future prospects etc) syn 传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn 旧日 舊日 jiù rì former times / olden days syn 日前 rì qián the other day / a few days ago syn 末路 mò lù dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days syn 无期 無期 wú qī unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment) syn 旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times / the olden days syn 末梢 mò shāo tip / end / last few days syn 年月 nián yuè months and year / time / days of one's life syn 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days syn 后顾之忧 後顧之憂 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" 大有可为 大有可為 dà yǒu kě wéi with great prospects for the future (idiom) / well worth doing syn 明儿 明兒 míng r (coll.) tomorrow / one of these days / some day syn 大有作为 大有作為 dà yǒu zuò wéi to accomplish much / to have good prospects / to have a promising future syn 即日 jí rì this or that very day / in the next few days syn 古时候 古時候 gǔ shí hou in ancient times / in olden days 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 圆梦 圓夢 yuán mèng to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy syn 连天 連天 lián tiān reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly syn 公休 gōng xiū to have a public holiday / to have an official holiday / (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association 新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day syn 遥遥无期 遙遙無期 yáo yáo wú qī far in the indefinite future (idiom) / so far away it seems forever syn 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 空中楼阁 空中樓閣 kōng zhōng lóu gé pavilion in the air (idiom) / unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans syn 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ every few days (idiom) syn 康庄大道 康莊大道 kāng zhuāng dà dào broad and open road (idiom) / fig. brilliant future prospects syn 风烛残年 風燭殘年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave syn 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 后任 後任 hòu rèn successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future / subsequent syn 继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn 鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] syn 轮休 輪休 lún xiū to take holidays in rotation / to stagger employees' days off / (agriculture) to lie fallow in rotation 远期 遠期 yuǎn qī long-term / at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment) / abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约[yuan3 qi1 he2 yue1] 弥勒 彌勒 mí lè Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 三天两头 三天兩頭 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom) / practically every day / frequently syn 承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn 童养媳 童養媳 tóng yǎng xí child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law 将会 將會 jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to 几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days 两天 兩天 liǎng tiān two days 三天 sān tiān three days 这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days 前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days 往前 wǎng qián (in) the past / ahead / forward / in the future 日内 日內 rì nèi in a few days / one of these days syn 五天 wǔ tiān five days 四天 sì tiān four days 前些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago 隔天 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days 愿景 願景 yuàn jǐng vision (of the future) 几天来 幾天來 jǐ tiān lái for the past few days 备查 備查 bèi chá for future reference 八天 bā tiān eight-day / eight days 不日 bù rì within the next few days / in a few days time syn 遥想 遙想 yáo xiǎng to think about (the distant past or future) syn 五七 wǔ qī memorial activity 35 days after a person's death 行政拘留 xíng zhèng jū liú to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less / administrative detention 芝兰 芝蘭 zhī lán lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc) syn 大月 dà yuè solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 旧时代 舊時代 jiù shí dài former times / the olden days 利市 lì shì business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days 大建 dà jiàn lunar month of 30 days / same as 大盡|大尽[da4 jin4] 桃花扇 táo huā shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4] 赶明儿 趕明兒 gǎn míng r (coll.) some day / one of these days 中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn 小建 xiǎo jiàn lunar month of 29 days / same as 小盡|小尽[xiao3 jin4] syn 在未来 在未來 zài wèi lái in the future 