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Examples:incense burning in front of a temple—lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor—lit. kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others—aim in front of a moving target—I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)—bow with hands held in front—(of children) play up in front of guests—right in front of one's eyes—pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together—get hyped up in front of an audience—courtyard in front of a palace—lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing pride or moral integrity)—marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs)—lit. fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); fig. needless fears—Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—phoattached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession—crossbar in carriage front—(old) stalls (front rows in a theater)—the whole front (in a war)— |