前一天
qián yī tiān
Pinyin

Definition

前一天
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qián yī tiān
  1. the day before (an event)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

这真是天大的误会，那天我说不想去是因为我前一天才刚去了那家餐厅。
zhè zhēn shì tiāndà de wùhuì ，nà tiān wǒ shuō bù xiǎng qù shì yīnwèi wǒ qiányītiān cái gāng qù le nà jiā cāntīng 。
This really is quite a misunderstanding. The reason why I didn't want to go that time was because I'd just been to that restaurant the day before.
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还有跟我前一天睡太少也有关系吧。
háiyǒu gēn wǒ qiányītiān shuì tài shǎo yě yǒu guānxi ba 。
Maybe it's also got to do with me not getting much sleep the night before.
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