超前 Save Sign in to save words On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. chāoqián ㄔㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˊ to be ahead of one's time to surpass or outdo one's predecessors to be ahead of the pack to take the lead advanced Character by character 超(chāo)exceed 前(qián)front A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT