Chinese

以前

yǐqián
earlier times; formerly; previously
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 1

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Lineage

  • characterChinese以 “a preposition that expresses a boundary in time, orientation, direction or quantity”
  • characterChinese前 “front; forepart”
    • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • ideaChinese舟 “boat (Classifier: 葉／叶; 艘; 條／条; 隻／只)”

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