头天 (tóu tiān) — previous day; first day
Definition
Means "the day before" (past) or "the first day" (of an event). In the "previous day" sense it pairs with the following day; in the "first day" sense it is modified by an event like 进公司.
noun
previous dayfirst day
Examples
- 头天。Wǒ men tóu tiān jiù dào le běi jīng.We arrived in Beijing the previous day.
- 头天，。tóu tiān Jìn gōng sī, tā shuí dōu bú rèn shi.On the first day at the company, he didn't know anyone.
- 头天，。tóu tiān Wǎn shàng tā hē le tài duō jiǔ, dì èr tiān tóu téng sǐ le.The night before, he drank too much, and the next day he had a terrible headache.
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