生sang1前cin4

English

1. (of a deceased) during one's life
2. before death
3. during one's life; when one was alive
4. while living

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 未過身之前；以往在生嘅時候

Examples

• 佢生前做過好多壞事。

  He did a lot of bad things during his life.

• 我出生前，我父亲就死了。

  My dad died before I was born.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 父親生前留下來的老古董，原來只是一堆不值錢的垃圾。

  The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY