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The Chinese word congqian - 从前 - cóngqián
(formerly in Chinese)



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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

cóngqián

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English translations

formerly,
once upon a time, some time ago, at one time, in past days

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Chinese characters  ( congqian / cóngqián ) with pronunciation (English translation: formerly )

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从前 ( congqian / cóngqián ) is composed of these characters: (cong) , (qian)
从前 ( congqian / cóngqián ) in traditional characters
從前

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since  |  ago
从前 ( congqian / cóngqián ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 563)

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