Word: 从前 (cóngqián)

从前文后理来推断一个字的意思。

Cóngqián wén hòu lǐ lái tuīduàn yí gè zì de yìsi.

Get the meaning of a word from its context.

从前有个美丽的公主。

Cóngqián yǒu gè měilì de gōngzhǔ.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess.

他们从前住这吗？

Tāmen cóngqián zhù zhè ma?

Did they live here?

他和从前不一样。

Tā hé cóngqián bù yíyàng.

He is different from what he used to be.

你们从前很好，现在更好了。

Nǐmen cóngqián hěn hǎo, xiànzài gèng hǎole.

You all were very good before, and now you're even better.

她从前会在星期天去看电影。

Tā cóngqián huì zài xīngqītiān qù kàn diànyǐng.

She used to go to the movies on Sundays.

我从前和你一样穷。

Wǒ cóngqián hé nǐ yíyàng qióng.

I used to be poor like you.

我们从前从没有过这个问题。

Wǒmen cóngqián cóng méiyǒuguo zhège wèntí.

We've never had this problem before.

我们从前很穷，但很快乐。

Wǒmen cóngqián hěn qióng, dàn hěn kuàilè.

We were poor, but we were happy.

我们再也不能一起回到从前了。

Wǒmen zàiyě bùnéng yìqǐ huídào cóngqián le.

We will never be able to return to the way things were in the past.

我已经不像从前那样健康了。

Wǒ yǐjīng bú xiàng cóngqián nàyàng jiànkāngle.

I'm not as healthy as I used to be.