大不如前 dàbùrúqián to be far worse than before Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 大 dà adverb greatly greatly; fully; to a high degree; (when used after 不 bù) not very; not often不如 bùrú verbpreposition not as good as not equal to; inferior to; to be not as good as前 qián prepositionlocative before (bound form) ago; before; earlier; previously