按 時 àn shí : on time; before deadline; on schedule

班 門 弄 斧 bān mén nòng fǔ : display one's slight skill before an expert

包 皮 bāo pí : wrapping; wrapper; foreskin

背 城 借 一 bèi chéng jiè yī : make a last-ditch stand before the city wall; fight to the last ditch; put up a desperate struggle

本 末 倒 置 běn mò dǎo zhì : take the branch for the root; put the incidental before the fundamental; put the cart before the horse

變 故 biàn gù : an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune

卜 bǔ : to divine; foretell

Big5: , Unicode: 535c (卜),
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不 久 bù jiǔ : not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after

曾 «曽» céng : (refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past; before; once

Big5: , Unicode: 66fe (曾),
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長 [长] cháng : length; long; forever; always; constantly

Big5: , Unicode: 9577 (長),
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吃 大 戶 chī dà hù : mass seizure of food from landlords during famines before liberation

出 訪 chū fǎng : visit a foreign country

此 時 以 前 cǐ shí yǐ qián : heretofore

從 來 沒 有 cóng lái méi yǒu : have never; never before

第 dì : (prefix before a number, for ordering numbers, e.g. "first", "number two", etc)

Big5: , Unicode: 7b2c (第),
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對 外 duì wài : external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)

對 外 政 策 duì wài zhèng cè : foreign policy

額 [额] é : volume; amount; quantity; forehead; quota

Big5: , Unicode: 984d (額),
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頞 è : junction of nose and forehead

Big5: , Unicode: 981e (頞),
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番 «蹯» fān : (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign

Big5: , Unicode: 756a (番),
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工 頭 gōng tóu : foreman

公 元 前 gōng yuán qián : before Christ; BC

國 外 guó wài : abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign

何 故 hé gù : wherefore

胡 志 強 hú zhì qiáng : Jason Hu (Taiwan foreign minister)

加 以 jiā yǐ : in addition; [before a verb] handle, deal with

開 始 以 前 kāi shǐ yǐ qián : before the beginning (of sth)

老 «耂» lǎo : (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family to indicate affection or familiarity); old (of people)

Big5: , Unicode: 8001 (老),
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林 «林» lín : woods; forest

Big5: , Unicode: 6797 (林),
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臨 [临] «臨» lín : to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before

Big5: , Unicode: 81e8 (臨),
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留 學 生 liú xué shēng : student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student

顱 [颅] lú : forehead; skull

Big5: , Unicode: 9871 (顱),
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曚 méng : before day break

Big5: , Unicode: 66da (曚),
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某 mǒu : (used before measure word and noun) some; (a) certain; so and so

Big5: , Unicode: 67d0 (某),
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乃 «廼» nǎi : to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon

Big5: , Unicode: 4e43 (乃),
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內 懮 外 患 nèi yōu wài huàn : domestic strife and foreign aggression

排 外 pái wài : xenophobic; anti-foreigner

前 qián : before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front

Big5: , Unicode: 524d (前),
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前 不 久 qián bù jiǔ : not long before

前 額 qián è : forehead

前 景 qián jǐng : foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective

前 面 qián mian : fore; front

前 年 qián nián : the year before last

前 生 召 喚 qián shēng zhào huàn : foreordination

前 夕 qián xī : eve; the day before

顙 sǎng : forehead; kowtow

Big5: , Unicode: 9859 (顙),
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森 sēn : forest

Big5: , Unicode: 68ee (森),
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森 林 sēn lín : forest

食 指 shí zhǐ : forefinger

誓 師 shì shī : to vow before one's troops

事 先 shì xiān : in advance; before(hand); prior

樹 林 shù lín : woods; grove; forest

所 以 suǒ yǐ : therefore; as a result

朓 tiào : scorch; western moon before sunrise

Big5: , Unicode: 6713 (朓),
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頲 [颋] tǐng : narrow forehead

Big5: , Unicode: 9832 (頲),
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外 wài : outside; in addition; foreign; external

Big5: , Unicode: 5916 (外),
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外 電 wài diàn : reports from foreign (non-Chinese) news agencies

外 國 wài guó : foreign (country)

外 國 公 司 wài guó gōng sī : foreign company

外 國 旅 遊 者 wài guó lǚ yóu zhě : foreign traveler

外 國 人 wài guó rén : foreigner

外 國 投 資 者 wài guó tóu zī zhě : foreign investor

外 國 資 本 wài guó zī běn : foreign capital

外 匯 wài huì : foreign (currency) exchange

外 匯 儲 備 wài huì chǔ bèi : foreign-exchange reserves

外 交 wài jiāo : diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs

外 交 部 wài jiāo bù : Foreign Affairs ministry; foreign office; Dept. of State

外 交 部 長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng : minister of foreign affairs

外 交 關 係 wài jiāo guān xì : foreign relations; diplomatic relations

外 來 wài lái : external; foreign; outside

外 來 投 資 wài lái tóu zi : foreign investment

外 貿 wài mào : foreign trade

外 事 wài shì : foreign affairs

外 語 wài yǔ : foreign language

外 長 wài zhǎng : foreign minister; secretary of state; minister of foreign affairs

外 資 wài zī : foreign investment

先 見 之 明 xiān jiàn zhī míng : foresight

先 前 xiān qián : before; previously

洋 yáng : foreign; ocean

Big5: , Unicode: 6d0b (洋),
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依 然 yī rán : still; as before

以 前 yǐ qián : before; formerly; previous

因 此 yīn cǐ : that is why; for that reason; therefore; for this reason

因 而 yīn ér : therefore; as a result; thus; and as a result, ...

永 yǒng : forever; always; perpetual (ly)

Big5: , Unicode: 6c38 (永),
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永 久 yǒng jiǔ : everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent

永 遠 yǒng yuǎn : forever; eternal

虞 yú : forewarned; peace; worry

Big5: , Unicode: 865e (虞),
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預 [预] yù : to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare

Big5: , Unicode: 9810 (預),
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豫 «予» yù : beforehand; prepare

Big5: , Unicode: 8c6b (豫),
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預 報 yù bào : forecast

預 卜 yù bǔ : foretell; predict

預 測 yù cè : forecast; predict

預 計 yù jì : to forecast; predict; to estimate

預 先 yù xiān : beforehand; prior

預 知 yù zhī : anticipate; foresee

爰 yuán : therefore; to lead on to

Big5: , Unicode: 7230 (爰),
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