从前
cóngqián
in the past; long ago
Characters in this word
前 qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
Example phrases
- 从前有座山。 Cóngqián yǒu zuò shān. Long ago, there was a mountain.
- 从前我很瘦。 Cóngqián wǒ hěn shòu. I was thin in the past.
- 从前这里很安静。 Cóngqián zhèlǐ hěn ānjìng. This place was quiet in the past.
Related words
- 从 cóng from
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 从来 cónglái always; ever
- 从事 cóngshì to work in; to be engaged in
- 自从 zìcóng since (from a time)
- 从此 cóngcǐ from then on
- 从而 cóng'ér thereby; as a result
- 从中 cóngzhōng from among them
- 服从 fúcóng to obey
- 前 qián front, before
- 前边 qiánbian front, in front
- 前天 qiántiān the day before yesterday