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 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn 前院 qián yuàn front courtyard / front yard 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 湖泊 hú pō lake syn 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 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 拉客 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune syn 天鹅湖 天鵝湖 tiān é hú Swan Lake 游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn 千岛湖 千島湖 qiān dǎo hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 淡水湖 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake 天池 tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2] 铺面 鋪面 pù miàn front window / store front syn 瑶池 瑤池 yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) syn 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 海子 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake syn 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 前部 qián bù front part / front section 洞庭湖 dòng tíng hú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 青海湖 qīng hǎi hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon) 湖区 湖區 hú qū Lake District, north England 滇池 diān chí lake Dianchi in Yunnan 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 鄱阳湖 鄱陽湖 pó yáng hú Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 洱海 ěr hǎi Erhai Lake 日月潭 rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan 白洋淀 白洋澱 bái yáng diàn Baiyang Lake in Hebei 纳木错 納木錯 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet 雷峰塔 léi fēng tǎ Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) 喀纳斯湖 喀納斯湖 kā nà sī hú Kanas Lake in Xinjiang 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 泡 pāo puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces syn 湖 hú lake / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] syn 泊 pō lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2] syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 淀山湖 澱山湖 diàn shān hú Dianshan Lake in Shanghai 赛里木湖 賽里木湖 sài lǐ mù hú Sayram Lake in Xinjiang 博斯腾湖 博斯騰湖 bó sī téng hú Bosten Lake in Xinjiang 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 鄱 pó name of a lake 澧 lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2] / surname Li 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 统一战线 統一戰線 tǒng yī zhàn xiàn united front 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 