qián​lái HSK6

to come

qián​lái to come

  1. to move forward
    (bound form) to advance; to proceed; to move forward.
  2. to come
    To come; to arrive; to move toward the speaker; to crop up or happen

qián​lái previously

  1. qián prepositionlocative
    before
    (bound form) ago; before; earlier; previously
  2. lái prepositionparticle
    since
    Used after a time duration to mean "for the past..." or "ever since"