Dictionary/生前

生前

生前 shēng qián

ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
NHSK 7-9TOCFL L5core 10k
1(of a deceased) during one's life
2while living

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Example

fù qīn父亲shēng qián生前liú xià留下lái来de的lǎo老gǔ dǒng古董,yuán lái原来zhǐ shì只是yì一duī堆bù zhí不值qián钱de的lā jī垃圾。
父亲生前留下来的老古董,原来只是一堆不值钱的垃圾。
The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk.

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