前菜

前菜	qián cài	appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
前	qián	front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
菜	cài	vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:样,道,盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type