2 New HSK word(s): HSK2 从 → → → → + cong2 from; via; passing through; through (a gap); past; ever (followed by negative, meaning never); (formerly pr.zong4and related to 纵/纵) to follow; to comply with; to obey; to join; to engage in; adopting some mode of action or attitude; follower; retainer; accessory; accomplice; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor HSK4 提前 → → → → + ti2qian2 to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
3 Old HSK word(s): A Adv;n 先* → xian1 earlier/ before/ first/ temporarily C VS 原先* → yuan2xian1 original-earlier/ former/ original D N 前期* → qian2qi1 the earlier stage
前期
～我家到公司，开车要 20 分钟。
Từ + 请大家注意，会议的时间～了。
Trước + Grade E word(s):
→ → →
| Gb | Eng | Viet |
|---|---|---|
| 这件工作同你早先的工作相比, 有些令人失望. | Beside your earlier work this piece seems rather disappointing. |  → |
| 她比其它人到得早。 | She arrive earlier than the others. | → |
| 这个花瓶的年代比那个的早. | This vase is of an earlier date (ie is older) than that one. | → |
| 我不可能及时赶到会场，除非我赶上了较找的一班火车。 | I couldn't have got to the meeting on time -- unless I had caught an earlier train. | → |
| 他搜集以前的作品，编成了所谓的五经。 | He gathered earlier writings to prepare what are called the Five Classics. | → |
| 那些初期的反叛活动只不过是大规模革命行动的演习。 | The earlier revolts had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. | → |
| 他把晚年用在教书和编纂以前的著作。 | He spent his last years (in) teaching and editing earlier writings. | → |
| 早期的探险家可能在哥伦布之前已发现美洲. | Earlier explorers probably anticipated Columbus's discovery of America. | → |
| 他在那些大胆而残忍的妇女把所有她们的男子杀死之后，曾经在雷姆诺岛旁边经过。 | He later journeyed through the isle of Lemnos whose bold and heartless females, earlier, had slaughtered every male upon the island; | → |
| 这次试验的结果与以往试验的结果毫不相干. | The results of this experiment do not correlate with the results of earlier ones. | → |
| 那天早些时候迫使敌人放弃给我军的阵地现在需要布置起来，对付那必然的反攻。 | Positions surrendered to our troops earlier in the day had now to be prepared against the inevitable counter-attack. | → |
| 他连自己的五分钟时间都不愿拿出，证明他对这一个解决问题的方法不感兴趣，与前一段统计中不赞成这一同样用法的比率百分之九十三相比，没有什么大的差别 | His unwillingness to give five minutes of his time proves that he is disinterested in finding a solution to the problem, a proportion that is not significantly different from the93 percent who disapproved of the same usage in an earlier survey. | → |
| 先前的时间上先发生的；较早的 | Occurring before in time; earlier. | → |