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前辈

qiánbèi

senior; elder; predecessor

HSK 8 · Topic “Hiring and posts”
A gray-haired senior craftsman guides a young apprentice at a workbench
Memory picture

Characters in this word

前 qián

Strokes
9
Radical
刂 — knife

辈 bèi

Strokes
12
Radical
非 — not, negative, non-
Made of
非 not, negative, non- 车 cart, vehicle
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这位前辈没有摆架子，反而耐心指出论文中最薄弱的论证。 Zhè wèi qiánbèi méiyǒu bǎi jiàzi, fǎn'ér nàixīn zhǐchū lùnwén zhōng zuì bóruò de lùnzhèng. This senior did not put on airs; instead, they patiently pointed out the weakest argument in the paper.
  • 新员工遇到难题时，总喜欢向前辈请教。 Xīn yuángōng yùdào nántí shí, zǒng xǐhuan xiàng qiánbèi qǐngjiào. When new employees run into a difficult problem, they always like to turn to their seniors for advice.
  • 他刚入行不久，还得向前辈学习很多经验。 Tā gāng rùháng bù jiǔ, hái děi xiàng qiánbèi xuéxí hěn duō jīngyàn. He only entered the profession recently and still needs to learn a lot from his senior colleagues.

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