That was years ago.
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年前
nián qián
HSK 3.0 · 5
nián qián · nin4 cin4 (Jyutping)
- by the end of the year
- at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
He died three years ago.
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