眼前

before one's eyes / now / at present

eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent

now / at the present

(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)