前者
Pinyin: qiánzhě
the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
Example sentence
实践和理论同样重要，但我们倾向于重视后者而忽略前者。
Shíjiàn hé lǐlùn tóngyàng zhòngyào, dàn wǒmen qīngxiàng yú zhòngshì hòuzhě ér hūlüè qiánzhě.
Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.
What 前者 means
前者 (qiánzhě) is a Chinese word meaning “the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.
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