生前(shēng qián)

HSK 7-92 characters

(of a deceased) during one's life

Character breakdown

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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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