"Advance" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 进行 | jìn xíng | to advance / to conduct / underway / in progress / to do / to carry out / to carry on / to execute |   |
| 先进 | xiān jìn | advanced (technology) / to advance | |
| 促进 | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause) / to advance / boost | |
| 进 |  jìn | to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound | |
| 垫 | diàn | pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money) | |
| 推进 | tuī jìn | to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward | |
| 前进 | qián jìn | to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward | |
| 向上 | xiàng shàng | upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress | |
| 上前 | shàng qián | to advance / to step forward | |
| 进军 | jìn jūn | to march / to advance | |
| 增进 | zēng jìn | to promote / to enhance / to further / to advance (a cause etc) | |
| 行进 | xíng jìn | to advance / forward motion | |
| 挺进 | tǐng jìn | progress / to advance | |
| 预付款 | yù fù kuǎn | advance | |
| 垫款 | diàn kuǎn | advance (of funds) | |
| 预 | yù | to advance / in advance / beforehand / to prepare | |
| 晋 | jìn | to move forward / to promote / to advance | |
| 陟 | zhì | to advance / to ascend / to promote | |
| 餤 | tán | to advance | |
| 烝 | zhēng | multitudinous / the masses / to present (to sb) / to rise / to advance / to progress / archaic variant of 蒸[zheng1] | |
| 摰 | niè | to seize with the hand / to grasp / to advance / to breakdown | |
| 兟 | shēn | to advance | |
| 冘 | yín | to go forward / to advance | |
| 锐进 | ruì jìn | to advance / to rush forward | |
| 提前 | tí qián | to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time / in advance | |
| 预定 | yù dìng | to schedule in advance | |
| 事先 | shì xiān | in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior | |
| 先行 | xiān xíng | to precede others / in advance | |
| 预告 | yù gào | to forecast / to predict / advance notice | |
| 预先 | yù xiān | beforehand / in advance | |
| 预售 | yù shòu | to sell in advance | |
| 晋级 | jìn jí | to advance in rank / promotion / advancement | |
| 腾飞 | téng fēi | lit. to fly upwards swiftly / fig. rapid advance / rapidly developing (situation) | |
| 事前 | shì qián | in advance / before the event | |
| 定金 | dìng jīn | down payment / advance payment | |
| 透支 | tòu zhī | (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse | |
| 期房 | qī fáng | forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame | |
| 进退 | jìn tuì | to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety | |
| 奋进 | fèn jìn | to advance bravely / to endeavor | |
| 并进 | bìng jìn | to advance together | |
| 先期 | xiān qī | in advance / beforehand / premature / front-end | |
| 升迁 | shēng qiān | to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department | |
| 预付 | yù fù | to pay in advance / prepaid | |
| 突飞猛进 | tū fēi měng jìn | to advance by leaps and bounds | |
| 预购 | yù gòu | advance purchase | |
| 给定 | gěi dìng | to state in advance / preset / given | |
| 预谋 | yù móu | premeditated / to plan sth in advance (esp. a crime) | |
| 勇往直前 | yǒng wǎng zhí qián | to advance bravely | |
| 胸有成竹 | xiōng yǒu chéng zhú | to plan in advance (idiom) / a card up one's sleeve / forewarned is forearmed | |
| 未然 | wèi rán | in advance / before it happens (cf preventative measures) / forestalling | |
| 进退两难 | jìn tuì liǎng nán | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation | |
| 潜行 | qián xíng | to slink / to move stealthily / to advance through the water | |
| 步步为营 | bù bù wéi yíng | to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step | |
| 先头 | xiān tóu | in advance / ahead / before / previously | |
| 进逼 | jìn bī | to advance on sth / to press closely (on some goal) | |
| 一往无前 | yī wǎng wú qián | to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward | |
| 冒进 | mào jìn | to advance prematurely | |
| 前赴后继 | qián fù hòu jì | to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom) | |
| 高歌猛进 | gāo gē měng jìn | to advance singing loudly (idiom) / triumphant progress | |
| 预支 | yù zhī | to pay in advance / to get payment in advance | |
| 进退维谷 | jìn tuì wéi gǔ | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation | |
| 先 | xiān | early / prior / former / in advance / first | |
| 先遣队 | xiān qiǎn duì | advance party / advance troops | |
| 急行军 | jí xíng jūn | rapid advance / forced march | |
| 猛进 | měng jìn | to advance boldly / to push ahead vigorously | |
| 垫脚石 | diàn jiǎo shí | stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career | |
| 打前站 | dǎ qián zhàn | to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc) / (military) to dispatch an advance party | |
| 寅吃卯粮 | yín chī mǎo liáng | lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later | |
| 垫支 | diàn zhī | to advance funds | |
| 借支 | jiè zhī | to get an advance on one's pay | |
| 性挑逗 | sexual advance | | |
| 贉 | tǎn | pay an advance / silk book cover | |
| 三思而后行 | sān sī ér hòu xíng | think again and again before acting (idiom) / consider carefully in advance | |
| 畏缩不前 | wèi suō bù qián | to shrink back in fear (idiom) / too cowardly to advance | |
| 安民告示 | ān mín gào shì | a notice to reassure the public / advance notice (of an agenda) | |
| 夤缘攀附 | yín yuán pān fù | to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing | |
| 擂鼓鸣金 | léi gǔ míng jīn | to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom) / fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back | |
| 击鼓鸣金 | jī gǔ míng jīn | to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom) / fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back | |
| 羊触藩篱 | yáng chù fān lí | lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation | |
| 羝羊触藩 | dī yáng chù fān | lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation | |
| 胸有成略 | xiōng yǒu chéng lu:è | the hero has plans already laid (idiom) / to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed | |
| 胸有成算 | xiōng yǒu chéng suàn | the hero has plans already laid (idiom) / to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed | |
| 进退中绳 | jìn tuì zhōng shéng | to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi) / many translations are possible | |
| 进退失据 | jìn tuì shī jù | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / at a loss / in a hopeless situation | |
| 进退有常 | jìn tuì yǒu cháng | to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi) / many translations are possible | |
| 进退为难 | jìn tuì wéi nán | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation | |
| 鲤鱼跳龙门 | lǐ yú tiào lóng mén | to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom) / to get one's big break | |
| 头里 | tóu lǐ | in front / in advance of the field | |
| 事先通知 | shì xiān tōng zhī | preliminary notification / to announce in advance | |
| 夤缘 | yín yuán | to curry favor / to advance one's career by toadying | |
| 蜗行 | wō xíng | to advance at a snail's pace | |
| 豫告 | yù gào | variant of 預告|预告[yu4 gao4] / to forecast / to predict / advance notice | |
| 趑趄 | zī jū | to advance with difficulty / to hesitate to advance | |
| 进退不得 | jìn tuì bù dé | can't advance or retreat (idiom) / no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position | |
| 靠山吃山，靠水吃水 | kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐ | lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land | |
| 摸着石头过河 | mō zhe shí tou guò hé | to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward | |
| 一笔预付 | yī bǐ yù fù | advance lump sum | |
| 先期选举规划股 | Advance Election Planning Unit | | |
| 预缴估计税款 | estimated tax advance | | |
| 预先市场承诺 | yù xiān shì chǎng chéng nuò | advance market commitment | |
