从前

cóng qián

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Common

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nowadays

现在

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after

与‘从前’时间序列上相邻的概念

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before

时间上较早的时期

(in the) past

以往的时间

Do not use 从前 for recent past; it implies a long time ago. For 'just now', use 刚才.

Used primarily in written narratives or storytelling to evoke a distant past; in spoken Chinese, 以前 or 之前 is more common.

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从前，有一个小村庄。

Once upon a time, there was a small village.

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