前些

qiánxiē
a few (days, years etc) ago

CEDICT

Examples

他是你前些时候见过的那个人。

He is the man you met the other day.

Source: Tatoeba

我只是想要你把我前些日子借给你的书还回来。

I just want you to give me back that book you borrowed a few days ago.

Source: Tatoeba

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 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several

Containing this entry

前些年 qiánxiēnián