before one's eyes in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 眼前 with this easy mnemonic:

I saw someone's eye (眼) pop out of his head right in front (前) of me! I couldn't believe it even though it happened right before my eyes!

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 眼
• 前

• 眼泪
• 前进
• 眼前
• 之前
• 从前
• 前妻
• 眼镜
• 亲眼
• 面前
• 目前
• 前往
• 以前
• 眼睛
• 向前
• 前途
• 眼神

The reading of 眼前 is yǎn qián.

You can remember how to say 眼前 with this useful mnemonic:

I saw someone swallow a hundred Chinese yen (yǎn) coins and a whole gold chain (qián) before! Ridiculous things happen every day.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like before one's eyes and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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