0074 - 前[전] - 앞 - in front, forward; preceding

The Story [이야기] :

• This is an associative compound.  In front of a chef's workplace are herbs 䒑, meat ⺝, and a knife 刂 that is used for preparing the food for the customers.
• Before serving the food, the chef carefully chops the herbs 䒑 and meat ⺝ with his knife 刂 into fine edible slices.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

생전 [生前] - lifetime
일전 [日前] - the other day; some time ago; a few days ago; recently
월전 [月前] - a month ago
연전 [年前] - some [a few, a couple of] years ago; a few years back [before]
문전 [門前] - (in) front of a gate
사전 [事前] - before a thing takes place [materializes]; before the fact; in advance; beforehand
식전 [食前] - before a meal; before breakfast
전날 [前날] - the other day; some [a few] days ago; recently; previously; formerly; before
전생 [前生] - a former [previous] existence; a former life; preexistence
전일 [前日] - the other day; a few days ago; previously; formerly; before; some time ago
전월 [前月] - last month
전년 [前年] - the previous year; the years before; last year
전인 [前人] - a predecessor; former people
전실 [前室] - one's former [divorced] wife
전문 [前門] - a front gate
전장 [前場] - the morning stock market session; the first call
전방 [前方] - the front; forward area; the front line
전전 [前前] - former times; the one before last

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

每日 카불市 北쪽 前方에서는 로켓포의 발사음이 진동합니다.
Everyday the front lines north of Kabul shake with the sound of outgoing rocketfire.

南측이 양측의 軍事기동 연습을 事前에 통보하자고 제안했을 때 北측은 또다시 거절했다.
When the South proposed that the two sides give prior notice of military maneuvers, the North again refused.

난 前生에 生物學자였을 거라고 生각해.
I think I was a biologist in my past life.