从前 cóngqián

HSK level

Traditional form

從前

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

从 Cóng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of one person following another.

Positional decomposition

⿰人人 rén rén

Number of Strokes

前 qián

Explanation

Depicts a boat (舟 zhōu ) moving (止 zhǐ ) forward (前 qián ).

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱丷一刖

Number of Strokes

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老 lǎo 修女 xiū nǚ 仍然 réngrán 像 xiàng 从前 cóngqián 一样 yīyàng 专橫,看到孩子 háizi 们 men 时 shí 却 què 显得 xiǎnde 温和 wēnhé 多 duō 了 le .

The old nun was as imperious as ever , but visibly thawed when she saw the children.

琪尔: 这 zhè 不 bù 奇怪 qíguài . 店 diàn 东从前 qián 是 shì 赛马 sài mǎ 骑 jì 师 Shī .

Gill: That's not surprising. The owner was a racing jockey once.

连 Lián 赤 chì 手 shǒu 大 dà 盗费恩 ēn 都 dōu 在 zài 缅怀 miǎn huái 他 tā 从前 cóngqián 睡觉 shuìjiào 的 de 台阶 táijiē 和 hé 那些 nà xiē 大 dà 空 kōng 桶 tǒng .

Even Finn the Red - Handed was dreaming of his doorsteps and empty hogsheads.

从前 cóngqián 人们 rén men 认为 rènwéi 地球 dìqiú 是 shì 平 Píng 的 de .

People once held that the world was flat.

斯脱伦浦夫年纪 niánjì 不 bù 小 xiǎo 了 le ,风采 fēng cǎi 不如 bùrú 从 Cóng 前 qián , 而且 érqiě 实在 shízài 太 tài 胖 pán .

Strumpff was not in her first youth and beauty, and certainly too stout.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 从前 cóngqián and their own compounds.

从 Cóng

人 rén

前 qián

刖 yuè

月 yuè , 刂 dāo

一 yī , 丷 ha

See all 150 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 从前 cóngqián in their composition.

从 Cóng

巫 wū

筮 shì

噬 shì , 澨 shì , 遾

诬 wū , 毉 yī , 觋 xí , 莁, 覡 xí , 誣 wū , 鵐, 鹀 wú

卒 zú

翠 cuì

醉 zuì , 碎 suì , 粹 cuì , 萃 cuì , 悴 cuì , 瘁 cuì , 猝 cù , 啐 cuì , 淬 cuì , 倅 cuì , 崒 zú , 捽 zuó , 晬 zuì , 椊 zuó , 焠 cuì , 睟 suì , 綷 cuì , 谇 suì , 賥 suì , 踤 cù , 埣, 崪, 琗, 祽, 稡, 脺, 蜶, 誶, 錊, 顇

來 lái

斄 Tái

唻 lài , 棶 lái , 箂 lái , 脥, 郲 Lái , 騋 lái , 鯠 lái , 倈, 埉, 婡, 崍, 徠 lái , 憗, 殎, 浹 jiā , 淶 lái , 狹 xiá , 猍, 琜, 睞 lài , 硤, 綊, 翜, 聗, 莢 jiá , 萊 lái , 誺, 賚 lài , 逨, 鋏, 錸, 顂, 鶆, 麳