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以前 yǐ qián

HSK 3 word

Meanings

• before
• formerly
• previous
• ago

Characters

• 以 yǐ: to use
• 前 qián: front

Example sentences

我以前在山里。
I was in the mountains.
Tatoeba #15 by sysko (CC BY 2.0 FR)

你以前喜欢吗？
Did you use to like it?
Tatoeba #1783793 by sadhen (CC BY 2.0 FR)

多久以前？
How long ago was that?
Tatoeba #9467511 by jin1 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).