Word: 眼前 (yǎnqián)

不听老人言，吃亏在眼前

bù tīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián

if you don't listen to the elders' words, loss is right before your eyes

他们在她眼前脱下我的衣服。

Tāmen zài tā yǎnqián tuō xià wǒ de yīfu.

They took off my clothes in front of her eyes.

元旦就在眼前。

Yuándàn jiù zài yǎnqián.

New Year's Day is close at hand.

屎壳郎趴在鞭鞘上，只知道腾云驾雾，不知道死在眼前

shǐkélàng pā zài biānshāo shang, zhǐ zhīdào téngyúnjiàwù, bù zhīdào sǐ zài yǎnqián

a dung beetle clinging to a whip lash: knows only of soaring through the clouds, not that death is before its eyes

我不敢相信眼前发生的这一切。

Wǒ bùgǎn xiāngxìn yǎnqián fāshēng de zhè yíqiè.

I cannot believe what's happening in front of my eyes.

火烧眉毛,且顾眼前

huǒshāoméimao,qiě gù yǎnqián

fire burns the eyebrows, first look to what's before your eyes

眼前是一片宽广的草原。

Yǎnqián shì yípiàn kuānguǎng de cǎoyuán.

Before us lies a vast grassland.

站在山顶，眼前一片开阔。

Zhàn zài shāndǐng, yǎnqián yípiàn kāikuò.

Standing on the mountain top, a wide open view lay before us.

站在山顶，眼前是广阔的大海。

Zhàn zài shāndǐng, yǎnqián shì guǎngkuò de dàhǎi.

Standing on the mountaintop, a vast sea lay before us.

站在山顶，眼前的江山美如画。

Zhàn zài shāndǐng, yǎnqián de jiāngshān měi rú huà.

Standing on the summit, the landscape before my eyes is as pretty as a painting.

老照片让往事重现眼前。

Lǎo zhàopiān ràng wǎngshì chóngxiàn yǎnqián.

The old photos made the past reappear before my eyes.

胆汁滴在眉毛上，眼前苦

dǎnzhī dī zài méimao shàng, yǎnqián kǔ

bile dripped on the eyebrow: bitter right before the eyes

赶脚的骑驴，图个眼前快活

gǎnjiǎode qí lǘ, tú ge yǎnqián kuàihuo

the donkey-driver rides his donkey: after momentary pleasure