前夜 (qián yè) — eve (the night before a significant event); night before last (the night before yesterday)

Definition

Examples

• 在婚礼前夜，她紧张得睡不着。
  Zài hūn lǐ qián yè, tā jǐn zhāng dé shuì bù zháo.
  On the eve of the wedding, she was too nervous to sleep.
• 前夜我们吃的是火锅。
  qián yè Wǒ men chī de shì huǒ guō.
  The night before last we ate hotpot.
• 革命前夜，整个城市都笼罩在紧张气氛中。
  Gé mìng qián yè, zhěng gè chéng shì dōu lǒng zhào zài jǐn zhāng qì fen zhōng.
  On the eve of the revolution, the entire city was shrouded in tension.