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前天

qiántiān

the day before yesterday

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.
  • 前天我喝了很多茶。 Qiántiān wǒ hēle hěn duō chá. I drank a lot of tea the day before yesterday.
  • 李月前天去买书了。 Lǐ Yuè qiántiān qù mǎi shū le. Li Yue went to buy books the day before yesterday.
  • 前天晚上下大雨了吗? Qiántiān wǎnshang xià dà yǔ le ma? Did it rain heavily the night before last?
  • 爸爸前天没有去上班。 Bàba qiántiān méiyǒu qù shàngbān. Dad didn't go to work the day before yesterday.
  • 你前天晚上几点睡的? Nǐ qiántiān wǎnshang jǐ diǎn shuì de? What time did you go to bed the night before last?
  • 妈妈前天买了很多水果。 Māma qiántiān mǎi le hěn duō shuǐguǒ. Mom bought a lot of fruit the day before yesterday.
  • 我们前天都在学校。 Wǒmen qiántiān dōu zài xuéxiào. We were all at school the day before yesterday.
  • 前天是不是星期日? Qiántiān shìbushì xīngqīrì? Was the day before yesterday Sunday?

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