從前 before; formerly; in the past; once upon a time; a long time ago; some time ago; [古詞] sometime 從前, 有一個老人, 他有兩個美麗的女兒。 once upon a time, there lived an old man who had two beautiful daughters. 我們村跟從前大不一樣了。 our village is very different from what it was before