---
title: "Qianxian Meaning: 前线 (front line) or 浅显 (easy to understand)?"
description: "前线 (traditional 前線, qiánxiàn) means “front line; front”. Not the qianxian you heard? See 浅显. Hear its tones, see what 前 and 线 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qianxian"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 前线 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

前线 qiánxiàn

## front line; front

## Its characters

1. 前 qián front
2. 线 xiàn line

## In a sentence

很多医生主动去了救灾前线。 Many doctors volunteered to go to the front line of the disaster relief.

[More about 前线](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%89%8D%E7%BA%BF)

## Other words said qianxian

- [浅显qiǎnxiǎneasy to understand](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%B5%85%E6%98%BE)

## More words with 前 or 线

- [此前 cǐqián](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/ciqian)
- [从前 cóngqián](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/congqian)
- [当前 dāngqián](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dangqian)
- [电线 diànxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dianxian)
- [底线 dǐxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dixian)
- [光线 guāngxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/guangxian)
- [路线 lùxiàn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/luxian)
- [面前 miànqián](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/mianqian)
- [目前 mùqián](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/muqian)
- [前辈 qiánbèi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qianbei)

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