前天
qián tiān
Pinyin

Definition

前天
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qián tiān
  1. the day before yesterday

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
前
qián
  1. 1 front
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 ahead
  4. 4 first
  5. 5 top (followed by a number)
  6. 6 future
  7. 7 ago
  8. 8 before
  9. 9 BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. 10 former
  11. 11 formerly
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

Sample Sentences

他前天来过，昨天又来了。
tā qiántiān lái guò ，zuótiān yòu lái le 。
He came the day before and he came again yesterday.
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小敏，妳不是前天早上就该回来了？怎么今天下午才到？
xiǎomǐn ，nǐ bùshì qiántiān zǎoshang jiù gāi huílai le ？zěnme jīntiān xiàwǔ cái dào ？
Xiaomin, shouldn't you have come back the day before yesterday? Why are you only arriving this afternoon?
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我前天练习路边停车，怎么停都没办法停在格子里。
wǒ qiántiān liànxí lùbiān tíngchē ，zěnme tíng dōu méibànfǎ tíng zài gézi lǐ 。
The day before yesterday I was practicing roadside parking, but I was unable to park within the lines however much I tried.
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我前天吃了，上上星期也吃了，上个月吃了六次呢！
wǒ qiántiān chī le ，shàngshàng xīngqī yě chī le ，shàng ge yuè chī le liù cì ne ！
I had some the day before yesterday, the week before last and I had it six times last month!
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前天晚上你们在豆豆家唱歌唱到几点？
qiántiān wǎnshang nǐmen zài dòudòu jiā chànggē chàng dào jǐ diǎn ？
What time did you guys sing karaoke to at Doudou's house the evening before last?
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因为我前天才去吃过，而且打翻了我的火锅，太丢脸了，不敢再去了。
yīnwèi wǒ qiántiān cái qù chīguò ，érqiě dǎ fān le wǒ de huǒguō ，tài diū liǎn le ，bùgǎn zài qù le 。
Because I just ate there the day before yesterday and I knocked over my hot pot. It was so embarrassing, so I don't dare go back.
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我昨天穿白色外套，黑色外套是前天穿的！不然你打电话给我妈确认一下？
wǒ zuótiān chuān báisè wàitào ，hēisè wàitào shì qiántiān chuān de ！bùrán nǐ dǎ diànhuà gěi wǒ mā quèrèn yīxià ？
I was wearing a white coat yesterday, I wore the black coat the day before yesterday! Or if you like you can call my mum to check?
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李强，我们前天不是约好七点在车站见面，你为什么没来？
Lǐqiáng ，wǒmen qiántiān bùshì yuē hǎo qī diǎn zài chēzhàn jiànmiàn ，nǐ wèishénme méilái ？
Li Qiang, didn't we agree to meet at the train station at seven the day before yesterday? Why didn't you turn up?
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我真的不是故意的，前天中午我忽然觉得不舒服，下午请假回家休息。
wǒ zhēnde bùshì gùyì de ，qiántiān zhōngwǔ wǒ hūrán juéde bù shūfu ，xiàwǔ qǐngjià huíjiā xiūxi 。
I really didn't mean to. At noon on the day before yesterday I suddenly felt unwell, so I had to ask for time of work to go home and rest.
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好、好，我前天才刚到车站，手机就被偷了，后来又发现我德国的饭店没订成，最后只好住在朋友的德国朋友家里。
hǎo 、hǎo ，wǒ qiántiān cái gāng dào chēzhàn ，shǒujī jiù bèi tōu le ，hòulái yòu fāxiàn wǒ Déguó de fàndiàn méi dìng chéng ，zuìhòu zhǐhǎo zhùzài péngyou de Déguó péngyou jiālǐ 。
OK, OK, I just got to the station the day before yesterday, then my cell phone was stolen, later I found out that I hadn't booked the hotel in Germany properly, so in the end I had to stay at the home of a German friend of a friend.
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