此前

Pinyin: cǐqián

before this; before then; previously

Example sentence

此前我父亲从没出过国。

Cǐqián wǒ fùqīn cóngméi chū guo guó.

My father has never been outside the country until now.

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What 此前 means

此前 (cǐqián) is a Chinese word meaning “before this; before then; previously”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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