从前

從前

cóng qián

HSK 3freq #5145

Meanings

CC-CEDICT

cóng qián

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

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Wiktionary

1.the past; past times; former times

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Stroke order

Components

从人

前䒑刖

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

Example sentences

从前有个美丽的公主。
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess.

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