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前沿

qián yán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

前沿 (qián yán) means "front-line; forward position; outpost". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 前沿 means

1. militaryforward position
2. frontier; cutting-edge; forefront

The characters in 前沿

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 沿yánalong; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on

Sounds the same

Read qián yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前言preface; foreword; introduction; preamble; earlier remarks; earlier words…

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