以前
yiˇ qianˊ
Before, Ago, Period of time before
以前他認為
He'd believed, He'd thought, He'd once believed, He'd once thought
yiˇ qianˊ ta¯ renˋ weiˋ
以前她認為
She'd believed, She'd thought, She'd once believed, She'd once thought
yiˇ qianˊ ta¯ renˋ weiˋ
以前我住在
I used to live in, Before I lived in
yiˇ qianˊ woˇ zhuˋ zaiˋ
以前一位教授
A former professor
yiˇ qianˊ yiˊ weiˋ jiaoˋ shouˋ
以前住的房子
Former house, Old house, Former residence, Old home, Former home
yiˇ qianˊ zhuˋ de˙ fangˊ zi˙
以前從沒得過
Never used to be able to, Never used to
yiˇ qianˊ congˊ meiˊ deˊ guoˋ
以前做了很多對不起你的事
Wronged you in a lot of ways in the past
yiˇ qianˊ zuoˋ le˙ henˇ duo¯ duiˋ buˋ qiˇ niˇ de˙ shiˋ
妳以前不是喜歡說一句話
What was it you used to say?
niˇ yiˇ qianˊ buˊ shiˋ xiˇ huan¯ shuo¯ yiˊ juˋ huaˋ
在落地以前
Before landing, Before falling
zaiˋ luoˋ diˋ yiˇ qianˊ
像我們以前漫遊一般
Roam like we used used to, Like we roamed before
xiangˋ woˇ men˙ yiˇ qianˊ manˋ youˊ yiˋ ban¯
我們沒辦法像以前那樣
We can't go back to the way it was
woˇ men˙ meiˊ banˋ faˇ xiangˋ yiˇ qianˊ naˋ yangˋ
在情況變得棘手以前
Before things got rough
zaiˋ qingˊ kuangˋ bianˋ de˙ jiˊ shouˇ yiˇ qianˊ
在我喝下第一杯咖啡以前
Before my first cup of coffee, Before I've had my first cup of coffee
zaiˋ woˇ he¯ xiaˋ diˋ yi¯ bei¯ ka¯ fei¯ yiˇ qianˊ
以前的
Former
yiˇ qianˊ de˙
以前的家
Former home
yiˇ qianˊ de˙ jia¯
以前的生活
Former life
yiˇ qianˊ de˙ sheng¯ huoˊ
那是以前的事了
That was then
naˋ shiˋ yiˇ qianˊ de˙ shiˋ le˙
那是幾個月以前的事
That was a few months ago
naˋ shiˋ jiˇ ge˙ yueˋ yiˇ qianˊ de˙ shiˋ
他不想回到以前的生活
He doesn't want to return to his old life
ta¯ buˋ xiangˇ huiˊ daoˋ yiˇ qianˊ de˙ sheng¯ huoˊ
比以前好
Improved, Gotten better
biˇ yiˇ qianˊ haoˇ
可是已經比以前進步多了
It was better than before, It was better than it had been
keˇ shiˋ yiˇ jing¯ biˇ yiˇ qianˊ jinˋ buˋ duo¯ le˙
很久以前
A long time ago, Once upon a time
henˇ jiuˇ yiˇ qianˊ
很久很久以前
A very long time ago
henˇ jiuˇ henˇ jiuˇ yiˇ qianˊ
是非常久以前的
A very long time ago
shiˋ fei¯ changˊ jiuˇ yiˇ qianˊ de˙
但那都是很久以前的事了
But that was a long time ago
danˋ naˋ dou¯ shiˋ henˇ jiuˇ yiˇ qianˊ de˙ shiˋ le˙
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