Word: 之前 (zhīqián)

不要在你受伤之前哭。

Búyào zài nǐ shòushāng zhīqián kū.

Don't cry before you're hurt.

之前你在哪里？

Zhīqián nǐ zài nǎlǐ?

Where were you?

他为什么之前住在美国？

Tā wèishénme zhīqián zhù zài Měiguó?

Why did he live in the United States?

他之前坐在这里。

Tā zhīqián zuò zài zhèlǐ.

He was sitting there.

他在我来到之前就死了。

Tā zài wǒ láidào zhīqián jiù sǐle.

He died previous to my arrival.

你之前知道那个吗？

Nǐ zhīqián zhīdào nàge ma?

Did you know that before?

你回来之前我已经走了。

Nǐ huílai zhīqián wǒ yǐjīng zǒule.

I had already left before you returned.

你必须在两点半之前完成它。

Nǐ bìxū zài liǎng diǎn bàn zhīqián wánchéng tā.

You have to finish this by 2:30.

你必须在九点之前回来。

Nǐ bìxū zài jiǔ diǎn zhīqián huílai.

You must come back before nine o'clock.

你来之前在家里吃饭了吗？

Nǐ lái zhīqián zài jiālǐ chīfànle ma?

Did you eat at home before you came here?

你觉得我之前在做什么？

Nǐ juéde wǒ zhīqián zài zuò shénme?

What do you think I've been doing?

公主之前在哪里？

Gōngzhǔ zhīqián zài nǎlǐ?

Where was the princess?

六点之前要回家。

Liù diǎn zhīqián yào huíjiā.

You should come home before six.

再做一次，和之前一样。

Zài zuò yícì, hé zhīqián yíyàng.

Do it again, the same as last time.

叫他们两点半之前到。

Jiào tāmen liǎng diǎn bàn zhīqián dào.

Tell them to be here by 2:30.

在他们看见你之前离开这儿。

Zài tāmen kànjiàn nǐ zhīqián líkāi zhèr.

Go away before they see you here.

在你忘记之前把它写下来。

Zài nǐ wàngjì zhīqián bǎ tā xiě xiàlai.

Write it down before you forget it.

在拿笔之前，我要集中一下思想。

Zài ná bǐ zhīqián, wǒ yào jízhōng yíxià sīxiǎng.

I must put my ideas together before I take up a pen.

在父亲回家之前，我已经睡了。

Zài fùqīn huíjiā zhīqián, wǒ yǐjīng shuìle.

I slept before my father came home.

在科技准备好之前需要五到十年。

Zài kējì zhǔnbèi hǎo zhīqián xūyào wǔ dào shínián.

It will take five to ten years for the technology to be ready.

我之前就告诉过你。

Wǒ zhīqián jiù gàosuguo nǐ.

I told you before!

我之前已经来过这里了。

Wǒ zhīqián yǐjīng láiguo zhèlǐ le.

I've already come here before.

我之前没跟你说过吗？

Wǒ zhīqián méi gēn nǐ shuōguo ma?

Haven't I told you this before?

我以为你两点半之前就到这了。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ liǎng diǎn bàn zhīqián jiù dào zhè le.

I thought you'd be here by 2:30.

我们之前已经讨论过这个问题了。

Wǒmen zhīqián yǐjīng tǎolùnguo zhège wèntí le.

We've gone over this before.

我们之前没有见过吧。

Wǒmen zhīqián méiyǒu jiànguo ba.

I don't think we've been introduced.

我们决定在去法国之前学习法语。

Wǒmen juédìng zài qù Fǎguó zhīqián xuéxí Fǎyǔ.

Before going to France we decided to study French.

我会在那之前见他。

Wǒ huì zài nà zhīqián jiàn tā.

I'll see him before that.

我回答您之前要好好考虑一下。

Wǒ huídá nín zhīqián yào hǎohǎo kǎolǜ yíxià.

I will need to think for a while before I answer you.

我必须在明天之前完成任务。

Wǒ bìxū zài míngtiān zhīqián wánchéng rènwu.

I must go through the task by tomorrow.

我父亲没之前好了。

Wǒ fùqīn méi zhīqián hǎole.

My father is not as well as he was before.

明天下午之前我会把它完成。

Míngtiān xiàwǔ zhīqián wǒ huì bǎ tā wánchéng.

I will finish it by tomorrow afternoon.

法律之前人人平等。

Fǎlǜ zhīqián rénrén píngděng.

All men are equal under the law.

8点半之前不会开始。

Bā diǎn bàn zhīqián búhuì kāishǐ.

It doesn't start before eight thirty.