前言qiányán 1.写在书前或文章前面类似序言或导言的短文;引言。{preface; foreword; introduction; short passage written at the front of a book or an article, similar to a preface or foreword} 2.前面说过的话{words said earlier; previous statements}: ～不搭后语。{speak incoherently; utter words that do not hang together; talk disjointedly; babble in disconnected phrases}