生前(shēng qián): (of a deceased) during one's life
HSK 7-92 characters
(of a deceased) during one's life
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 生前 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
那是他生前写的最后一部小说。
nà shì tā shēng qián xiě de zuì hòu yī bù xiǎo shuō
That was the last novel he wrote before he died.
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