前不久 (qián bù jiǔ) — not long ago, recently

Definition

Examples

• 他前不久才从国外回来。
  Tā qián bù jiǔ cái cóng guó wài huí lái.
  He only recently came back from abroad.
• 前不久这里发生了一起交通事故。
  qián bù jiǔ Zhè lǐ fā shēng le yì qǐ jiāo tōng shì gù.
  A traffic accident happened here not long ago.
• 我们前不久见过一面。
  Wǒ men qián bù jiǔ jiàn guò yí miàn.
  We met not long ago.