day before yesterday
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
three days ago; the day before the day before yesterday
informalA specific time word used in spoken and informal written Chinese. The colloquial variant 大前儿 (dà qiánr) is also common in northern dialects, especially Beijing dialect.
Wǒ我
men们
dà大
qián前
tiān天
gāng刚
cóng从
Shàng上
hǎi海
huí回
lái来
。
We just got back from Shanghai three days ago.
Tā他
dà大
qiánr前
hái儿
zài还
zhè在
er这
ne儿
zěn呢
，
me怎
jīn么
tiān今
jiù天
zǒu就
le走
了
？
He was still here three days ago, how come he's gone today?
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Dà大
qián前
tiān天
de的
huì会
yì议
jì记
lù录
nǐ你
kàn看
le了
ma吗
？
Have you read the meeting minutes from three days ago?
Wǒ我
jì记
de得
dà大
qián前
tiān天
shì是
xīng星
qī期
tiān天
。
I remember that three days ago was Sunday.