前期

前期	qián qī	preceding period / early stage
前	qián	front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
期	qī	variant of 期 / period / cycle
期	qī	a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]