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前天

qiántiān

the day before yesterday

HSK 1 · Topic “Time” Time
the day before yesterday
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Characters in this word

前 qián

Strokes
9
Radical
刂 — knife

天 tiān

Strokes
4
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 前天我很忙。 Qiántiān wǒ hěn máng. I was very busy the day before yesterday.
  • 前天他来了。 Qiántiān tā lái le. He came the day before yesterday.
  • 前天我们去了公园。 Qiántiān wǒmen qù le gōngyuán. We went to the park the day before yesterday.

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