Word: 年前 (niánqián) 年前 dictionary entry niánqián by the end of the year; at the end of the year Full dictionary entry for 年前 Example sentences using 年前 2 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 过年前，商店都换了新橱窗。 Guò niánqián, shāngdiàn dōu huàn le xīn chúchuāng. Before the New Year, the shops all changed their window displays. 那次空难发生在二十年前。 Nà cì kōngnàn fāshēng zài èrshí niánqián. That air crash happened twenty years ago.