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Chinese Pinyin Translation
上 shàng n., v. (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn
往 wǎng v., prep. to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous syn
过去 過去 guò qù v., n. (in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by syn
以前 yǐ qián n. before / formerly / previous / ago syn
上任 shàng rèn v., n. to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor syn
在先 zài xiān to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly syn
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
过往 過往 guò wǎng v., n. to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous syn
丄 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above / old variant of 上[shang4]
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
Chinese Pinyin Translation
则 則 zé conj., part., m.w. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn
切 qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn
往 wàng to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous syn
不过 不過 bù guò conj., adv. only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) syn
以来 以來 yǐ lái n. since (a previous event) syn
往年 wǎng nián n. in former years / in previous years syn
长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
红盘 紅盤 hóng pán (of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close
楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
同比 tóng bǐ v. (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year syn
上一个 上一個 shàng yī ge previous one
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
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
上页 上頁 shàng yè previous page
前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn
前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn
历届 歷屆 lì jiè adj. all previous (meetings, sessions etc) syn
直通车 直通車 zhí tōng chē "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn
前生 qián shēng previous life / previous incarnation syn
原状 原狀 yuán zhuàng previous condition / original state syn
老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn
原处 原處 yuán chù original spot / previous place / where it was before
昔年 xī nián former years / previous years syn
隔夜 gé yè overnight / of the previous day
上星期 shàng xīng qī last week / previous week
接班 jiē bān v. to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn
前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain syn
前朝 qián cháo the previous dynasty
前科 qián kē criminal record / previous convictions
换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
守业 守業 shǒu yè to preserve one's heritage / to defend the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work / to keep one's business going
遗老 遺老 yí lǎo old fogy / adherent of previous dynasty syn
洗雪 xǐ xuě to erase / to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc) syn
恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago
迷魂汤 迷魂湯 mí hún tāng potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤[meng4po2tang1]) / magic potion / (fig.) bewitching words or actions syn
折节读书 折節讀書 zhé jié dú shū to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
上回 shàng huí last time / the previous time
阿拉木图 阿拉木圖 ā lā mù tú Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
上代 shàng dài previous generation syn
亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation
前车主 前車主 qián chē zhǔ previous owner (of a car for sale)
守成 shǒu chéng to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
拖油瓶 tuō yóu píng (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage / children by a previous marriage
历史版本 歷史版本 lì shǐ bǎn běn historical version / a previous version (of an app, document etc)
乌苏里斯克 烏蘇里斯克 wū sū lǐ sī kè Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region / previous names include 雙城子|双城子[Shuang1 cheng2 zi5] and Voroshilov 伏羅希洛夫|伏罗希洛夫
过犯 過犯 guò fàn previous sins
头回 頭回 tóu huí for the first time / on the previous occasion / last time (something occurred)
以往建议执行滞后情况 ageing of previous recommendations
无治疗史 無治療史 wú zhì liáo shǐ no history of previous treatment
一箭之仇 yī jiàn zhī chóu a wrong suffered (idiom) / old grievance / previous defeat
恍若隔世 huǎng ruò gé shì like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago / see 恍如隔世[huang3 ru2 ge2 shi4]
长江后浪催前浪 長江後浪催前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng cuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving / see 長江後浪推前浪|长江后浪推前浪[Chang2 Jiang1 hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4]
头晚 頭晚 tóu wǎn previous night
绿盘 綠盤 lǜ pán (of a stock price or market index) currently lower than at the previous day's close
冰释前嫌 冰釋前嫌 bīng shì qián xián to forget previous differences / to bury the hatchet
夙世 sù shì previous life
宿世 sù shì previous life
真题 真題 zhēn tí questions from previous years' exams
考古题 考古題 kǎo gǔ tí questions from previous years' exams (Tw)
上期 shàng qī previous period (week, month or quarter etc)
回过头来 回過頭來 huí guò tóu lái to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past
接龙 接龍 jiē lóng to build up a sequence / a succession of things, each linked to the previous one
孟婆 mèng pó (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind
孟婆汤 孟婆湯 mèng pó tāng potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
冰释前嫌 冰釋前嫌 bīng shì - qián xián (idiom) to forget previous differences / to bury the hatchet
低开 低開 dī kāi (finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price
前司 qián sī (coll.) previous company one worked at
伯玉知非 bó yù zhī fēi (idiom) To recognize that one was wrong in the past and become aware of one’s previous mistakes.
复蹈前辙 fù dǎo qián zhé (idiom) To follow the same track as a previous vehicle. Figuratively, to repeat an error because one has failed to learn from the past.
覆车之鉴 fù chē zhī jiàn (idiom) A previous failure can serve as a lesson for the future.
覆车之戒 fù chē zhī jiè (idiom) A previous failure that serves as a lesson for the future.
心回意转 xīn huí yì zhuǎn (idiom) To change one’s mind and stop holding to a previous opinion.
一蟹不如一蟹 yī xiè bù rú yī xiè (idiom) To describe a succession in which each one is worse than the previous one and things keep deteriorating.
一依旧式 一依舊式 yī yī jiù shì (idiom) To proceed entirely according to the previous standards or method.
一反其道 yī fǎn qí dào (idiom) To depart completely from the previous path or way of doing things.
一反既往 yī fǎn jì wǎng (idiom) To be completely different from what came before, or to take a direction entirely contrary to previous practice.
一年被蛇咬，三年怕草索 yī nián bèi shé yǎo，sān nián pà cǎo suǒ (idiom) After suffering a setback, a person becomes timid and overly cautious. It describes fear caused by a previous bad experience.
三生石上 sān shēng shí shàng (idiom) Refers to a Buddhist tale in which people connected in a previous life meet again and renew their relationship in a future life.
井底银瓶 jǐng dǐ yín píng (idiom) Describes a situation in which all previous efforts ultimately come to nothing.
付之流水 fù zhī liú shuǐ (idiom) To throw something into the current and let it be carried away. Figuratively, it means that hopes or results are lost and previous efforts come to nothing.
前功尽灭 qián gōng jìn miè (idiom) All previous achievements and efforts are completely wiped out. It can also mean that all the work done before has been in vain.
前生注定 qián shēng zhù dìng (idiom) According to this fatalistic view, one's present destiny was determined in a previous life and cannot be changed.
前辙可鉴 qián zhé kě jiàn (idiom) Earlier failures can serve as lessons for the future. The expression is synonymous with the idiom referring to the previous vehicle as a warning.
夙世冤业 sù shì yuān yè (idiom) An enemy from a previous life / it describes deeply accumulated resentment. It can also be an affectionate nickname for someone dearly loved.
夙世冤家 sù shì yuān jiā (idiom) It refers to someone with whom one is said to have a grudge dating back to a previous life, and by extension to a deeply rooted enmity. syn
宿世冤家 sù shì yuān jiā (idiom) Refers to people believed to have a grudge from a previous life.
尽付东流 jìn fù dōng liú (idiom) To lose something completely or see all previous efforts come to nothing.
开来继往 kāi lái jì wǎng (idiom) To carry on the work of previous generations and clear a path for the future.
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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