Word: 從前 (cóngqián)

從前 is how 从前 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 从前

從前 dictionary entry

cóngqián: previously; formerly; once upon a time

Full dictionary entry for 從前

Example sentences using 從前

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從前文後理來推斷一個字的意思。

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

Get the meaning of a word from its context.
從前有個美麗的公主。

Cóngqián yǒu gè měilì de gōngzhǔ.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess.
他們從前住這嗎？

Tāmen cóngqián zhù zhè ma?

Did they live here?
他和從前不一樣。

Tā hé cóngqián bù yíyàng.

He is different from what he used to be.
你們從前很好，現在更好了。

Nǐmen cóngqián hěn hǎo, xiànzài gèng hǎole.

You all were very good before, and now you're even better.
她從前會在星期天去看電影。

Tā cóngqián huì zài xīngqītiān qù kàn diànyǐng.

She used to go to the movies on Sundays.
我從前和你一樣窮。

Wǒ cóngqián hé nǐ yíyàng qióng.

I used to be poor like you.
我們從前從沒有過這個問題。

Wǒmen cóngqián cóng méiyǒuguo zhège wèntí.

We've never had this problem before.
我們從前很窮，但很快樂。

Wǒmen cóngqián hěn qióng, dàn hěn kuàilè.

We were poor, but we were happy.
我們再也不能一起回到從前了。

Wǒmen zàiyě bùnéng yìqǐ huídào cóngqián le.

We will never be able to return to the way things were in the past.
我已經不像從前那樣健康了。

Wǒ yǐjīng bú xiàng cóngqián nàyàng jiànkāngle.

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