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以前

yǐ qián
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. before
  2. 2. formerly
  3. 3. previous
  4. 4. ago

Example Sentences

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我 以前 從沒聽過湯姆講法語。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6120945)
這張臉我 以前 見過。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 8706806)
我們 以前 討論過。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6103185)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 以前

此时以前
cǐ shí yǐ qián

heretofore

开始以前
kāi shǐ yǐ qián

before the beginning (of sth)

Child Words of 以前

前
qián

front

以
yǐ

to use