What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 从前 mean?

从前 cóngqián

before; formerly; in the past

It can also mean

  • once upon a time

Its characters

  1. 从 cóng from
  2. 前 qián front

In a sentence

他比从前胖多了。 He is much heavier than he used to be.

同时,贾府也一步步走向衰落,最后家产被皇帝没收,从前的繁华全都不见了。

From 《红楼梦》到底讲了什么? · What is Dream of the Red Chamber about?

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