面前

面前 miànqián in a sentence

In front of (in the face of - presence - before)

Full dictionary entry 2 sentences

面前 (miànqián) means In front of (in the face of - presence - before). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

人们在灾难 面前 互相帮助。

Rénmen zài zāinàn miànqián hùxiāng bāngzhù.

People help one another in the face of disaster.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灾难

在大自然 面前 ,人是渺小的。

Zài dàzìrán miànqián, rén shì miǎoxiǎo de.

Before nature, human beings are tiny.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 渺小

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