她前年退休的。 She retired the year before last. Pinyin Tā qiánnián tuìxiū de. Bopomofo ㄊㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ˙ㄉㄜ。 Where this sentence is used Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!) All Chinese example sentences