Dictionary/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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生前

Example

fù父qīn親shēng qián生前líu xià留下lái來de的lǎo老gǔ dǒng古董，yuán原lái來zhǐ shì只是yī一duī堆bù zhí不值qián錢de的lā jī垃圾。
父親生前留下來的老古董，原來只是一堆不值錢的垃圾。
The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk.