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前門打虎,後門打狼qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ lángto beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another前門拒虎,後門進狼qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn lángto beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another千米qiān mǐkilometer前面qián miànahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]簽名qiān míngto sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature潛沒qián mòto submerge; to subduct (of tectonic plates)黔南Qián nánsee 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]黔南布依族苗族自治州Qián nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōuQiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]千難萬難qiān nán wàn nánextremely difficult前男友qián nán yǒuex-boyfriend黔南州Qián nán Zhōusee 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]潛能qián néngpotential; hidden capability錢能通神qián néng tōng shénmoney is all-powerful; money can move God前年qián niánthe year before last千年qiān niánmillennium潛鳥qián niǎoloon (bird of genus Gavia)牽牛Qiān niúAltair (star); Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女牽牛qiān niúmorning glory (Pharbitis nil)牽牛花qiān niú huāwhite-edged morning glory牽牛屬qiān niú shǔPharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)牽牛星Qiān niú xīngAltair (star); Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女遷怒qiān nùto take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)遷怒於人qiān nù yú rénto vent one's anger on an innocent party (idiom)前女友qián nǚ yǒuex-girlfriend千帕qiān pàkilopascal (kPa, unit of pressure)前排qián páifront row簽派室qiān pài shìdispatch office前怕狼後怕虎qián pà láng hòu pà hǔlit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); fig. to be full of needless fears; reds under the beds錢皮Qián píCarlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006千篇一律qiān piān yī lǜthousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all前仆後繼qián pū hòu jìone falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades; advancing wave upon wave前妻qián qīex-wife; late wife前期qián qīpreceding period; early stage愆期qiān qī(formal) to delay; to miss a deadline; to fail to do sth at the appointed time搴旗qiān qíto pull and capture the enemy's flag錢起Qián QǐQian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet牽強qiān qiǎngfar-fetched; implausible (chain of reasoning)牽強附會qiān qiǎng fù huìto make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)千千萬萬qiān qiān wàn wànlit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands前橋Qián qiáoMaebashi (surname or place name)千奇百怪qiān qí bǎi guàifantastic oddities of every description (idiom)錢其琛Qián Qí chēnQian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier前秦Qián QínFormer Qin (351–395), a dynastic state of China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period前傾qián qīngto lean forward前情qián qíngformer love; former circumstances千秋qiān qiūa thousand years; your birthday (honorific)鉛球qiān qiúshot put (athletics event)千秋萬代qiān qiū wàn dàithroughout the ages前驅qián qūprecursor; pioneer繾綣qiǎn quǎn(literary) in love and inseparable欠缺qiàn quēto be deficient in; lapse; deficiency前兒qián rbefore; day before yesterday謙讓qiān ràngto modestly decline千兒八百qiān r bā bǎi(coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand潛熱qián rèlatent heat前人qián rénpredecessor; forebears; the person facing you前任qián rènpredecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc)前人栽樹,後人乘涼qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liángto enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)前日qián rìday before yesterday嵌入qiàn rùto insert; to embed潛入qián rùto submerge; to infiltrate; to steal into簽入qiān rù(computing) to check in (i.e. to submit code to a central repository)遷入qiān rùto move in (to new lodging)嵌入式qiàn rù shì(electronics) embedded