| 前 |
qián bèi | senior / older generation / precursor |
| 前 |
qián | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |
| 辈 |
bèi | lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people |