前嫌

qiánxián

noun #14,433

Meanings

1 former hatred
2 bygone enmity
3 past grievances

Characters

grudge; suspicion; dislike

Examples

他们决定不计前嫌。

Tāmen juédìng bù jì qiánxián.

They decided to let bygones be bygones.

两人冰释前嫌，重归于好。

Liǎng rén bīng shì qiánxián, chóngguīyúhǎo.

The two put aside their old grudges and reconciled.

Tips

usage

Almost always appears in set phrases: 不计前嫌 (let bygones be bygones), 冰释前嫌 (melt away old grudges), 捐弃前嫌 (put aside former enmity).

Stroke Order

前 qián

嫌 xián