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前半生

qián bàn shēng

3-character word

What 前半生 means

1. first half of one's life

The characters in 前半生

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 人的后半生就是由他前半生养成的习惯所构成的，其他什么都没有。
  Rén de hòubànshēng jiùshì yóu tā qiánbànshēng yǎngchéng de xíguàn suǒ gòuchéng de, qítā shénme dōu méiyǒu.
  The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
• 人的后半生就是由他前半生养成的习惯所构成的，其他什幺都没有。
  The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.