前 qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
前任
qiánrèn
predecessor; former holder of a post; ex
Characters in this word
任 rèn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 壬 9th heavenly stem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 前任负责人留下的债务问题，成了新团队无法回避的难题。 Qiánrèn fùzérén liúxià de zhàiwù wèntí, chéngle xīn tuánduì wúfǎ huíbì de nántí. The debt problems left by the previous person in charge became an unavoidable difficulty for the new team.
- 新经理上任第一天就翻看了前任留下的所有文件。 Xīn jīnglǐ shàngrèn dì yī tiān jiù fānkànle qiánrèn liúxià de suǒyǒu wénjiàn. On his first day in office, the new manager went through all the documents left by his predecessor.
- 她和前任分手已经两年，现在生活得很好。 Tā hé qiánrèn fēnshǒu yǐjīng liǎng nián, xiànzài shēnghuó de hěn hǎo. She broke up with her ex two years ago, and now her life isgoing very well.
Related words
- 前 qián front, before
- 前边 qiánbian front, in front
- 前天 qiántiān the day before yesterday
- 面前 miànqián in front of
- 前年 qiánnián the year before last
- 以前 yǐqián before; in the past
- 从前 cóngqián in the past; long ago
- 目前 mùqián now; at present
- 前后 qiánhòu front and back
- 前进 qiánjìn to move forward
- 前面 qiánmiàn in front; ahead
- 前往 qiánwǎng to go to; to head for