以前 yǐ qián beforeformerlypreviousago Example sentences 我三年以前不会说汉语，现在说得很好。 wǒ sān nián yǐqián bùhuì shuō hànyǔ, xiànzài shuō de hěnhǎo. I couldn't speak Chinese three years ago, but now I can speak well 他两天以前还在美国，现在已经在中国了。 tā liǎngtiān yǐqián háizài měiguó, xiànzài yǐjīng zài zhōngguó le. He was in the USA two days ago, now he is in China