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前天

qián tiān

HSK 1 · word 290 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

事故发生在前天。

shì gù fā shēng zài qián tiān

The accident happened the day before yesterday.

Characters in 前天

before plus day: the day before yesterday. Chinese counts outward from today in both directions, so 后天 is the day after tomorrow by the same logic.

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