史前
shǐ qián
Pinyin

Definition

史前
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shǐ qián
  1. prehistory

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
以前
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
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
历史
lì shǐ
  1. 1 history
  2. 2 classifier: 门 mén
  3. 3 classifier: 段 duàn
上前
shàng qián
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to step forward

Idioms (20)

一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu
  1. 1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
以史为鉴
yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
  1. 1 to learn from history (idiom)

Sample Sentences

停班停课，再加停水停电的话，整个就像是回到史前时代了！
tíng bān tíng kè ，zài jiā tíngshuǐ tíngdiàn dehuà ，zhěnggè jiù xiàng shì huí dào shǐqián shídài le ！
There's no school, no work. On top of that there's no power and water on top. It really is like going back to the dark ages.
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也没有这么夸张啦，顶多就是生活不方便罢了，除非电话、网络都断了才能算是回到史前时代，哈哈哈！
yěméiyǒu zhème kuāzhāng la ，dǐngduō jiùshì shēnghuó bùfāngbiàn bàle ，chúfēi diànhuà 、wǎngluò dōu duàn le cáinéng suàn shì huí dào shǐqián shídài ，hā hā hā ！
It's not that bad! At most, it's a little inconvenient. It's only the dark ages when we lose our internet and phone connection...Hahaha!
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