Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 之前 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 之前 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
在采取任何行动之前，你必须仔细想清楚。
zài cǎi qǔ rèn hé xíng dòng zhī qián nǐ bì xū zǐ xì xiǎng qīng chǔ
You must think it through before you take any action.
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