以前，他很害羞。

He used to be very shy.

Pinyin

Yǐqián, tā hěn hàixiū.

Bopomofo

ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ，ㄊㄚ ㄏㄣˇ ㄏㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄡ。

Where this sentence is used

• Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!)

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