年前

niánqián
  1. by the end of the year
  2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=1 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián
2 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