此前
cǐ qiánㄘˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: THỬ TIỀN
Traditional: 此前
HSK 3.0 · 5
Meaning(time word)
before this; before then; previously
Written style, common in news; in speech use 之前/以前.
Examples
此前，他从来没出过国。
cǐ qián, tā cóng lái méi chū guò guó.
Before that, he had never been abroad.
此前公司已经通知了大家。
cǐ qián gōng sī yǐ jīng tōng zhī liǎo dà jiā.
The company had already informed everyone beforehand.
这个问题此前没有人提过。
zhè ge wèn tí cǐ qián méi yǒu rén tí guò.
No one had raised this issue before.
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Stroke order
THỬ · 6 strokes
this; these
TIỀN · 9 strokes
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly