trước mắt
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨɨək˧˥ mat˧˥/
Central
/tʂɨə̰k˩˧ ma̰k˩˧/
Southern
/tʂɨək˧˥ mak˧˥/
Listen
immediate future
Noun
immediate future
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
immediate future Numbers, Quantities, Units & Time
Time & calendar
The period of time that is happening now or in the very near future.
vi Chúng ta nên tập trung vào những việc trước mắt.
en We should focus on things in the immediate future.
Parts
trước / mắt / A compound of trước + mắt. Compare 目前 …
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Parts
trước / mắt / A compound of trước + mắt. Compare 目前 …
OriginA compound of trước + mắt. Compare 目前
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠓀眜
Candidates by syllable
trước
𠓀（𠠩 / 𨎟 / 𨎠）
mắt
眜
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
trước mặt
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Similar
trước mặt
Use
trước khi / trước đây / ngày trước / trước tiên …
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Use
trước khi / trước đây / ngày trước / trước tiên …