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前年

qián nián
HSK 2

English Meaning

the year before last

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
还有前年宋砚生病了
HSK 3 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“You owe us for saving his life, and that money spent on his medicine needs to be acknowledged!”

1. PREVIOUS

加起来得二两银子往上吧

“That must add up to over 2 taels of silver.”

“And when Song Yan got sick the year before last,”

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光抓药就花了一两多

“the medicine alone cost over a tael.”

《逐玉》 · crisis_and_conflict
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都前年的梗了吗
HSK 3 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“That joke is completely stale, why are you still using it?”

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这不都

“Aren't these all”

“memes from two years ago?”

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图总 穗总

“Mr. Tu, Mr. Sui,”

《年少有为》 · social_and_dating
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李亦非前年做的项目 居然成了教科书的范例
HSK 7 00:03
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自恋

“Narcissist.”

“(A project Li Yifei did the year before last) (actually became a textbook example.)”

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这么厉害 李总监

“(So impressive.) Mr. Li.”

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