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前天

qián tiān

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

前天 (qián tiān) means "the day before yesterday". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 前天 means

1. the day before yesterday

The characters in 前天

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven

Example sentences

• 他前天去伦敦。
  He departed for London the day before yesterday.
• 她前天去了美国。
  Tā qiántiān qù le Měiguó.
  She left for America the day before yesterday.
• 事故发生在前天。
  The accident happened the day before yesterday.
• 前天发生了火灾。
  A fire broke out the day before yesterday.
• 我前天碰到了他。
  I met him the day before yesterday.
• 我前天到达成田市。
  I arrived at Narita the day before yesterday.

Words containing 前天

• 大前天dà qián tiānthree days ago

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