English translation for "从前"

[ cóngqián ] 
before; formerly; in the past; once upon a time; a long time ago; some time ago; [古词] sometime 短语和例子
从前, 有一个老人, 他有两个美丽的女儿。 once upon a time, there lived an old man who had two beautiful daughters. 我们村跟从前大不一样了。 our village is very different from what it was before

Related Translations:

从前的:  cidevantcolonialformerlong-agooldworldoldenwhilomyore

回到从前:  return to formerlytake me back

从前西:  carack

从前以后:  xgbbs

细说从前:  long long ago

像从前一样:  all inever as beforelike it was before

从前的消息:  message from the past

再回到从前:  back to the old daysreturn to the oretime

从前某个时候:  at one time

从前和未来:  long ago and far away

Example Sentences:

	1.	He was judging by previous dinners . 他是照从前吃过的晚饭来猜测的。
	2.	I have been there many times in the past . 我从前去过那儿很多次。
	3.	I used always to lie with the elder sister . 从前我总是和那位大姐同睡。
	4.	Whoever 's it was , it is now mine . 不管从前是谁的，现在是我的。
	5.	Things are no better than before . 情况一点也没有比从前更好一些。
	6.	He does not come as often as he used to . 他不像从前那样常来了。
	7.	Whosever it was , it is now mine . 不管从前是谁的，现在是我的。
	8.	He went on to his former residence . 他继续向他从前的住所走去。
	9.	I'm not as light on my toes as i once was . 我已经不像从前那么高兴走动了。
	10.	I never knew my lady swooned before . 从前我不知道夫人会头晕。

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