粵

年nin4前cin4

nin4 cin4inferrednián qián

English

  1. by the end of the year
  2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year

Examples

  • 佢三年前病咗。

    He fell ill three years ago.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我二十年前出世。

    I was born 20 years ago.

    Tatoeba · cc_neko CC BY

  • 你唔知佢兩年前死咗咩?

    Didn't you know that he passed away about two years ago?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你唔知佢兩年前瓜咗老襯咩?

    Didn't you know that he passed away two years ago?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢哋喺三年前搬咗嚟呢度住。

    They moved here three years ago.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢而家嘅人工係佢十年前嘅人工嘅兩倍。

    His income is now double what it was ten years ago.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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