| 前辈 | qián bèi | senior / older generation / precursor |   |
| 前身 | qián shēn | forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front | |
| 先河 | xiān hé | source / precursor / forerunner | |
| 前驱 | qián qū | precursor / pioneer | |
| 先声 | xiān shēng | herald / precursor / harbinger | |
| 前体 | qián tǐ | precursor | |
| 国联 | Guó Lián | abbr. for 國際聯盟|国际联盟[Guo2 ji4 Lian2 meng2], League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN | |
| 金朝 | Jīn cháo | Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty | |
| 金代 | Jīn dài | Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty | |
| 国际联盟 | Guó jì Lián méng | League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN | |
| 石鼓文 | shí gǔ wén | early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4] | |
| 华兴会 | Huá xīng huì | anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in Changsha by 黃興|黄兴[Huang2 Xing1] in 1904, a precursor of Sun Yat-sen's Alliance for Democracy 同盟會|同盟会[Tong2 meng2 hui4] and of the Guomindang | |
| 前体污染物 | qián tǐ wū rǎn wù | precursor pollutant | |
| 二元前体 | èr yuán qián tǐ | binary precursor | |
| 前体化学品 | | precursor chemical | |
| 化学先质 | | precursor chemical | |
| 主要前体 | | key precursor / key precursor chemical | |
| 臭氧化学前体 | | ozone precursor | |
| 看破红尘 | kàn pò - hóng chén | (idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun) / to become disillusioned with human society | |
