按 時 àn shí : on time; before deadline; on schedule

班 門 弄 斧 bān mén nòng fǔ : display one's slight skill before an expert

背 城 借 一 bèi chéng jiè yī : make a last-ditch stand before the city wall; fight to the last ditch; put up a desperate struggle

本 末 倒 置 běn mò dǎo zhì : take the branch for the root; put the incidental before the fundamental; put the cart before the horse

不 久 bù jiǔ : not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after

曾 «曽» céng : (refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past; before; once

Big5: , Unicode: 66fe (曾),
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吃 大 戶 chī dà hù : mass seizure of food from landlords during famines before liberation

從 來 沒 有 cóng lái méi yǒu : have never; never before

第 dì : (prefix before a number, for ordering numbers, e.g. "first", "number two", etc)

Big5: , Unicode: 7b2c (第),
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公 元 前 gōng yuán qián : before Christ; BC

加 以 jiā yǐ : in addition; [before a verb] handle, deal with

開 始 以 前 kāi shǐ yǐ qián : before the beginning (of sth)

老 «耂» lǎo : (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family to indicate affection or familiarity); old (of people)

Big5: , Unicode: 8001 (老),
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臨 [临] «臨» lín : to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before

Big5: , Unicode: 81e8 (臨),
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曚 méng : before day break

Big5: , Unicode: 66da (曚),
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某 mǒu : (used before measure word and noun) some; (a) certain; so and so

Big5: , Unicode: 67d0 (某),
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前 qián : before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front

Big5: , Unicode: 524d (前),
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前 不 久 qián bù jiǔ : not long before

前 年 qián nián : the year before last

前 夕 qián xī : eve; the day before

誓 師 shì shī : to vow before one's troops

事 先 shì xiān : in advance; before(hand); prior

朓 tiào : scorch; western moon before sunrise

Big5: , Unicode: 6713 (朓),
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先 前 xiān qián : before; previously

依 然 yī rán : still; as before

以 前 yǐ qián : before; formerly; previous

預 [预] yù : to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare

Big5: , Unicode: 9810 (預),
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豫 «予» yù : beforehand; prepare

Big5: , Unicode: 8c6b (豫),
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預 先 yù xiān : beforehand; prior

早 先 zǎo xiān : previously; before

照 樣 zhào yàng : as before; (same) as usual

之 前 zhī qián : before