1 matching entry and 16 matching sentences.

Words

從前
cóngqián
  1. previously
  2. formerly
  3. once upon a time

Sentences

從前文後理來推斷一個字的意思。

Get the meaning of a word from its context.

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湯姆還和從前一樣窮。

Tom is still just as poor as he used to be.

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她從前會在星期天去看電影。

She used to go to the movies on Sundays.

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我無意間找到從前弄丟的相機。

I happened to find the camera I'd lost.

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他和從前不一樣。

He is not the same as before.

He is different from what he used to be.

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他們從前住這嗎?

Did they live here?

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我已經不像從前那樣健康了。

I'm not as healthy as I used to be.

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我從前和你一樣窮。

I used to be poor like you.

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從前人們害怕未來。現在,是未來該害怕人們。

People used to be afraid of the future. Today, it is the future that should be afraid of people.

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從前有個侏儒住在森林裡。

Once upon a time there was a dwarf that lived in the forest.

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我們從前從沒有過這個問題。

We've never had this problem before.

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從前有個占卜師告訴哥倫布他將來會成名。哥倫布聽到了,就生氣地要求退錢:「這麼簡單的事實,就連三歲小孩也懂!」

A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.

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我住的地方-倫敦,從前以霧聞名。

London, where I live, used to be famous for its fog.

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我們從前很窮,但很快樂。

We were poor, but we were happy.

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你們從前很好,現在更好了。

You all were very good before, and now you're even better.

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我從前學習英文、法文和中文。

I studied English, French and Chinese.

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