qián​qī HSK7

early stage

前期 qián​qī
early stage directional
the initial phase or beginning period of a process, project, or historical era

The preliminary preparation for the project is very tedious.

preceding period directional
the period of time occurring before a specific reference point, event, or current stage

The output of this stage is much higher than that of the previous period.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
33.2 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
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