(pos:詞綴)(ant:後)
<explanation>
yue:後綴，指過去嘅時間
eng:ago; before; earlier; used as a suffix
<eg>
yue:三日前 (saam1 jat6 cin4)
eng:three days ago
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<explanation>
yue:#前任 嘅簡稱，用作前綴，意思指之前背負過某個身份，不過而家已經冇
eng:prefix to mean "former"; ex-
<eg>
yue:#前妻 (cin4 cai1)
eng:ex-wife
<eg>
yue:前英國首相 (cin4 jing1 gwok3 sau2 soeng3)
eng:the former British prime minister
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<explanation>
yue:前綴，指兩個時間單位之前
eng:prefix to mean "before of"; two temporal units before
<eg>
yue:#前日 (cin4 jat6)
eng:the day before yesterday
<eg>
yue:#前晚 (cin4 maan5)
eng:the night before yesterday
<eg>
yue:#前年 (cin4 nin2)
eng:2 years ago

(pos:形容詞)(ant:後)
<explanation>
yue:自己面對住嗰邊、向住嘅方向
eng:front; forward
<eg>
yue:#前面 (cin4 min6)
eng:front
<eg>
yue:行前啲 (haang4 cin4 di1)
eng:to walk forward a little bit
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<explanation>
yue:時空上嘅次序行先嘅
eng:(spatially or temporally) first; preceding
<eg>
yue:坐喺前兩排嘅學生 (co5 hai2 cin4 loeng5 paai4 ge3 hok6 saang1)
eng:students sitting in the first two rows
<eg>
yue:前一封信 (cin4 jat1 fung1 seon3)
eng:previous letter
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<explanation>
yue:言行前衞、開放、領先喺潮流
eng:(of speech and acts) advanced; pioneering; open; trending
<eg>
yue:佢嘅設想走得好前，即使有先見之明，都要過咗好長時間，等到印證咗嘞，大眾先至認同。 (keoi5 ge3 cit3 soeng2 zau2 dak1 hou2 cin4, zik1 si2 jau5 sin1 gin3 zi1 ming4, dou1 jiu3 gwo3 zo2 hou2 coeng4 si4 gaan3, dang2 dou3 jan3 zing3 zo2 laak3, daai6 zung3 sin1 zi3 jing6 tung4.)
eng:His idea was pioneering. Yet, even though he recognized it in advance, it had taken quite a long time until it was proved, to gain agreement of the mass.