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之前

zi1 cin4

zhi1 qian2

before; in front of

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 6,930,000

之前

之 zi1 zhi1 - of; it; to go to; arrive at
前 cin4 qian2 jian3 - in front; before

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聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋粵 edit
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

聖誕節之前只剩下二十三天買禮物了！國 edit
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵 edit
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

This word was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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