Dictionary/前者

前者

qián zhě

ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ
NHSK 7-9core 10k
1the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)

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前者

Example

liǎng两zhě者dōu都kě yǐ可以，dàn shì但是qián zhě前者gèng更jiǎn jié简洁。
两者都可以，但是前者更简洁。
Either one is fine, but the former is more concise.