Read Edit View history 从前 cóngqián HSK3 formerly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 从前 從前 cóngqián formerly adverbnoun previously; in the past; once upon a time 从前，有一只狼。 cóngqián, yǒu yī zhī láng. Once upon a time there was a wolf. 从前，有一个王子想娶一位公主。 cóngqián, yǒu yīge wángzǐ xiǎng qǔ yī wèi gōngzhǔ. Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess. Frequency Movie subtitles 12.2 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 18.6 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Synonym 以前 yǐqián过去 guòqù先前 xiānqián往古 wǎnggǔ昔年 xīnián畴昔 chóuxīReferenced by 一日 yīrìSame as 从先 cóngxiān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
从前 從前 cóngqián formerly adverbnoun previously; in the past; once upon a time 从前，有一只狼。 cóngqián, yǒu yī zhī láng. Once upon a time there was a wolf. 从前，有一个王子想娶一位公主。 cóngqián, yǒu yīge wángzǐ xiǎng qǔ yī wèi gōngzhǔ. Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess. Frequency Movie subtitles 12.2 per million appears in 5% of films Written text 18.6 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Synonym 以前 yǐqián过去 guòqù先前 xiānqián往古 wǎnggǔ昔年 xīnián畴昔 chóuxīReferenced by 一日 yīrìSame as 从先 cóngxiān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)