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以前
yǐqián
1.
before
2.
formerly
3.
previous
4.
ago
HSK 3
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (2)
Example Sentences (10)
你最近比以前来得早多了，搬家了？
Nǐ zuìjìn bǐ yǐqián lái de zǎo duō le, bānjiā le?
You've been coming much earlier lately. Did you move?
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谁说的？我胖了，以前的衣服都不能穿了。
Shéi shuō de? Wǒ pàng le, yǐqián de yīfu dōu bù néng chuān le.
Who said that? I've gained weight; my old clothes don't fit anymore.
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按我以前的经验，早应该谈成了，这次我也不知道哪儿出了问题。
Àn wǒ yǐqián de jīngyàn, zǎo yīnggāi tánchéng le, zhè cì wǒ yě bù zhīdào nǎr chū le wèntí.
Based on my past experience, it should have been settled long ago; this time I also don't know what went wrong.
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别提了！我以为新工作比以前的好，没想到还没有以前好呢。
Bié tí le! Wǒ yǐwéi xīn gōngzuò bǐ yǐqián de hǎo, méi xiǎngdào hái méiyǒu yǐqián hǎo ne.
Don't bring it up! I thought the new job would be better than my old one, but it turns out it's still not as good as my old one.
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别提了！我以为新工作比以前的好，没想到还没有以前好呢。
Bié tí le! Wǒ yǐwéi xīn gōngzuò bǐ yǐqián de hǎo, méi xiǎngdào hái méiyǒu yǐqián hǎo ne.
Don't bring it up! I thought the new job would be better than my old one, but it turns out it's still not as good as my old one.
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几千公里以外的国家，以前坐船需要几个月，现在乘坐飞机不过十几个小时。
Jǐ qiān gōnglǐ yǐwài de guójiā, yǐqián zuò chuán xūyào jǐ gè yuè, xiànzài chéngzuò fēijī bùguò shí jǐ gè xiǎoshí.
Countries thousands of kilometers away used to take a few months to reach by ship; now it takes only a dozen or so hours by plane.
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刚才我在旁边看到你跳中国舞了，没看出来你跳得这么好！难道你以前在你们国家就学过中国舞蹈吗？
Gāngcái wǒ zài pángbiān kàn dào nǐ tiào zhōngguó wǔ le, méi kàn chūlái nǐ tiào de zhème hǎo! Nándào nǐ yǐqián zài nǐmen guójiā jiù xué guò zhōngguó wǔdǎo ma?
Just now I saw you dancing Chinese dance nearby. I couldn't tell you danced so well! Did you learn Chinese dance in your country before?
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我最近觉得她和以前不太一样了。
Wǒ zuìjìn juéde tā hé yǐqián bú tài yíyàng le.
Lately I feel she's not quite the same as before.
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你怎么这么早就要睡觉了？以前都要12点以后才睡觉。
Nǐ zěnme zhème zǎo jiù yào shuìjiào le? Yǐqián dōu yào shí'èr diǎn yǐhòu cái shuìjiào.
Why are you going to sleep so early? You used to not go to bed until after 12 o'clock.
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航班本来是十点的，后来机场网站上通知推迟了一个小时，所以九点半以前到就应该没问题。
Hángbān běnlái shì shí diǎn de, hòulái jīchǎng wǎngzhàn shàng tōngzhī tuīchí le yí gè xiǎoshí, suǒyǐ jiǔ diǎn bàn yǐqián dào jiù yīnggāi méi wèntí.
The flight was originally at 10:00; later the airport website announced a one-hour delay, so arriving before 9:30 should be no problem.
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- Chinese
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