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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

从前 [cóngqián]
  1. 1. noun [过去]
    希望你比从前快乐。
    I hope you are happier than you were before.
  2. 2. noun [很久很久以前] once upon a time

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

从前 [cóngqián]
  1. 1. before; formerly; in the past
    咱们村跟从前大不一样了。
    Our village is very different from what it was before.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

从前 [cóngqián]
  1. 1. 泛指过去的时候
    从前的事情
    身体已不如从前
  2. 2. 参见"以前"的提示。

Examples

想想从前怎样,再看看现在怎样
think of the past and look at the present
他们的生活大不如从前了,现在只能出典一些土地来维持生活。
They live a much worse life than before. Now they can only support themselves by mortgaging some land.
他不敢像从前那样霸气了。
从前很多生产队的分值低得可怜。
身体已不如从前
关于彗星的知识,人们比从前知道得多了
这个地方从前不但没有中学,甚至连小学都很少。

Collocations

从前的事情
story happened before
从前的规定
former regulation
回到从前
back to before

Word Decomposition


[cóng]
+
[qián]

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