What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 以前 mean?

以前 yǐqián

before; previously; formerly

Its characters

  1. 以 yǐ with
  2. 前 qián front

In a sentence

我以前在北京工作过。 I used to work in Beijing.

老人告诉她,他姓马,退休以前是中学老师,女儿去国外已经八年了。

From 长寿面 · Long-life noodles

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