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 未来 未來 wèi lái future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending syn 将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future / future / the future / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 前途 qián tú prospects / future outlook / journey syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already 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 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 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects syn 学业 學業 xué yè studies / schoolwork syn 前景 qián jǐng foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective syn 研究所 yán jiū suǒ research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 考古 kǎo gǔ archaeology / to engage in archaeological studies 辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into syn 有朝一日 yǒu zhāo yī rì one day / sometime in the future 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) 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 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 商学院 商學院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies 传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn 进修 進修 jìn xiū to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course syn 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 无期 無期 wú qī unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment) syn 深造 shēn zào to pursue one's studies 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 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 求学 求學 qiú xué to pursue one's studies / to attend school / to seek knowledge syn 圆梦 圓夢 yuán mèng to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy 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 寒窗 hán chuāng a life of strenuous studies (idiom) 复学 復學 fù xué to return to school (after an interruption) / to resume one's studies 佛学 佛學 fó xué Buddhist doctrine / Buddhist studies 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 康庄大道 康莊大道 kāng zhuāng dà dào broad and open road (idiom) / fig. brilliant future prospects syn 管理学 管理學 guǎn lǐ xué management studies 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 商科 shāng kē business studies 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 汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history) syn 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 商学 商學 shāng xué business studies / commerce as an academic subject 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 往前 wǎng qián (in) the past / ahead / forward / in the future 愿景 願景 yuàn jǐng vision (of the future) 民族大学 民族大學 mín zú dà xué University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies) 备查 備查 bèi chá for future reference 来日 來日 lái rì future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days syn 埋首 mái shǒu to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc) 遥想 遙想 yáo xiǎng to think about (the distant past or future) syn 北京外国语大学 北京外國語大學 běi jīng wài guó yǔ dà xué Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) 周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution 上海外国语大学 上海外國語大學 shàng hǎi wài guó yǔ dà xué Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) 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 保研 bǎo yán to recommend sb for postgraduate studies / to admit for postgraduate studies without taking the entrance exam 宗教学 宗教學 zōng jiào xué religious studies 在未来 在未來 zài wèi lái in the future 鹏程万里 鵬程萬里 péng chéng wàn lǐ the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant syn 抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.) 彖 tuàn to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 锦绣前程 錦繡前程 jǐn xiù qián chéng bright future / bright prospects 思前想后 思前想後 sī qián xiǎng hòu to consider past cause and future effect (idiom) / to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection syn 品学兼优 品學兼優 pǐn xué jiān yōu excelling both in morals and studies (idiom) / top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning syn 温故知新 溫故知新 wēn gù zhī xīn to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future syn 下世 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation syn 来日方长 來日方長 lái rì fāng cháng the future is long (idiom) / there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there 光前裕后 光前裕後 guāng qián yù hòu to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom) syn 及时行乐 及時行樂 jí shí xíng lè to enjoy the present (idiom) / to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem 承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages 欲取姑予 yù qǔ gū yǔ variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yu4 qu3 gu1 yu3] / to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom) 祸福无常 禍福無常 huò fú wú cháng disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom) / future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable 纵虎归山 縱虎歸山 zòng hǔ guī shān lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain / fig. to store up future calamities syn 芝兰玉树 芝蘭玉樹 zhī lán yù shù lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom) / fig. a child with splendid future prospects 鉴往知来 鑒往知來 jiàn wǎng zhī lái to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs) / studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come 阳关大道 陽關大道 yáng guān dà dào (lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1] / (fig.) wide open road / bright future syn 目不窥园 目不窺園 mù bù kuī yuán lit. not even peek at the garden / fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom) syn 钻坚仰高 鑽堅仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study 闻鸡起舞 聞雞起舞 wén jī qǐ wǔ to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies syn 牛角挂书 牛角掛書 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies 学而优则仕 學而優則仕 xué ér yōu zé shì one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) 前途未卜 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance / the future is hard to forecast / ¿Qué serà? / who knows what the future holds? 世界未来研究联合会 世界未來研究聯合會 World Future Studies Federation 非洲高级公共政策分析和未来研究所 非洲高級公共政策分析和未來研究所 African Institute for Advanced Public Policy Analysis and Future Studies 战略和国际研究中心 Center for Strategic and International Studies / Centre for Strategic and International Studies 国家远景研究 guó jiā yuàn jǐng yán jiū National Long-term Perspective Studies programme / National Long-term Perspective Studies 