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  • [qiánhòu]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

前后 [qiánhòu]
  1. 1. noun [时间接近]
    暑假前后
    summer holiday time
    春节前后
    around the time of Spring Festival
  2. 2. noun [自始至终]
    创作这部小说，前后用了3年时间。
    Creating the story took three years from start to finish.
  3. 3. noun [总共]
    他前后去过3次欧洲。
    He's been to Europe three times altogether.
  4. 4. noun [前面和后面] the front and the back

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

前后 [qiánhòu]
  1. 1. around (a certain time); about
    天亮前后
    shortly before and after daybreak
    1949年前后
    round 1949
    春节前后
    around Spring Festival
  2. 2. from beginning to end (in time)
    从动工到完成，这项工程前后只用了十个月。
    The entire project, from beginning to end, took only ten months.
  3. 3. in front and behind
    房子前后都有树。
    There are trees both in front and at the back of the house.
    前后次序不要颠倒。
    Don't get the order mixed up.
  4. 4. people or things of the same kind in succession
    前后三种版本
    three consecutive editions
    你的前后几封信都已收到。
    I've received all your letters.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

前后 [qiánhòu]
  1. 1. 名 指某一处的前面和后面
    院子前后都是树。
  2. 2. 名 指以某一时点为中心的稍前或稍后的一段时间
    九点钟前后
    清明前后，种瓜点豆。
  3. 3. 名 指事情从开始到结束的一段时间
    他在这儿上学前后共六年。
  4. 4. 参见"左右"的提示。
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Examples

前后方都吃紧
be hard pressed both at the front and in the rear
前后簇拥着一大群人
escorted by big crowds in front and behind
前后夹攻
attack from the front and the rear simultaneously
他的话前后矛盾，漏洞百出。
His argument is full of holes.
他说的话前后矛盾。
He was contradicting himself in what he said.
1949年前后
round 1949
从动工到完成，这项工程前后只用了十个月。
The entire project, from beginning to end, took only ten months.
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Word Decomposition

前
[qián] 		+ 后
[hòu]

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