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公元前

gōng yuán qián

3-character word

What 公元前 means

1. BCE (before the Common Era)
2. BC (before Christ)

The characters in 公元前

• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common
• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead

Example sentences

• 凯尔特人在公元前600年首先到来。
  Kǎi'ěrtèrén zài gōngyuánqián 600 nián shǒuxiān dàolái.
  First came the Celts in 600 B.C.
• 公元前七千年那段时间发生了很多重要的历史事件。
  Gōngyuánqián qī qiānnián nà duàn shíjiān fāshēng le hěn duōchóng yào de lìshǐshìjiàn.
  Many important historical events took place 7000 years B.C.
• 道教是用老子的教导创立的，他是公元前六零四年在现代的河南省出生的圣贤。
  Dàojiào shì yòng lǎozi de jiàodǎo chuànglì de, tā shì gōngyuánqián liù líng sì nián zài xiàndài de Hénánshěng chūshēng de shèngxián.
  Taoism was founded on the teachings of Laozi, a sage born in 604 B.C. in present-day Henan Province.