ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]

to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward

to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to

senior; older generation; precursor

to come (formal); before; previously

prospects; future outlook; journey

front line; military front; workface; cutting edge

ex-wife; late wife

ahead; the front

predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc)

former husband

premise; precondition; prerequisite

Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2

front door; main entrance; honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)

(literary) to go forward

criminal record; previous convictions

(idiom) unprecedented

stage; proscenium; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.); front desk; reception desk; (computing) front-end; foreground

ex-boyfriend

the day before (an event)

ex-girlfriend

the day before yesterday

around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear

front row

eve; the day before

foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective

the eve; the night before

in front; at the head; ahead; above

vanguard; front line; a forward (sports)

previous life; former incarnation

future (career etc) prospects

not long ago; not long before

forehead

advanced guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (soccer position)

prostate gland

unprecedented; never seen before

the road ahead

preceding period; early stage

foreplay

to have boundless prospects

the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)

the year before last

(military) forward position; frontier; cutting-edge; forefront

front; the front side; in front of

outpost; (fig.) front line

prelude; presage

to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain

omen; prior indication; first sign

front courtyard; front yard