前cin4身san1

English

1. forerunner
2. precursor; forerunner
3. predecessor
4. precursor
5. previous incarnation (Buddhism)
6. jacket front

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 事物或者機構之前嘅形態或者身份

Examples

• 呢間教會嘅前身係戲院嚟嘅。

  This church is located on where the cinema was.

• 華民政務司署係民政事務局嘅前身。

  The Secretariat for Chinese Affairs is the forerunner of the Home Affairs Bureau.

• 鄉約組織係某啲鄉事委員會或者街坊會嘅前身。

  Rural organizations are the precursors of certain Rural Committees or Kaifong Associations.

• 软盘是硬盘的前身。

  Floppy disks are the predecessor of hard disks.

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