之前

zhī qiánㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    before

  2. 2

    prior to

  3. 3

    ago

  4. 4

    previously

  5. 5

    beforehand

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明天下午之前我会把它完成。

明天下午之前我會把它完成。

I will finish it by tomorrow afternoon.

你回来之前我已经走了。

你回來之前我已經走了。

I had already left before you returned.

在我去荷兰之前,我从没见过风车。

在我去荷蘭之前,我從沒見過風車。

I had never seen a windmill until I visited the Netherlands.

你觉得我之前在做什么?

你覺得我之前在做什麼?

What do you think I've been doing?

你觉得我之前在做什么?

你覺得我之前在做什麼?

What do you think I was doing before?