前一天

qiányītiān
the day before (an event)

CEDICT

the day before

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Examples

我前一天遇见了他。

I met him on the previous day.

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我前一天丢了一台相机。

I had lost a camera the previous day.

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他们前一天就作了准备。

The day before, they had made preparations.

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我找到了我前一天丢的书。

I found the book which I had lost the day before.

I found the book I'd lost the day before.

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我把前一天才买的照相机弄不见了。

I lost the camera I had bought the day before.

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Entry Composition

1 前 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly
2 一天 yītiān
  1. (colloquial) the whole day
  2. one day (twenty-four hours)
  3. someday; one day
  4. the entire daytime of one day
  5. the whole day

Related entries

前夕 qiánxī
  1. eve
  2. the day before
考试前夕，他特别焦虑。

He was very anxious on the eve of the exam.

He worries excessively on the eve of exams.

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