战前 (zhàn qián) — prewar period; the time before a war

Definition

Examples

• 战前这个城市很繁荣。
  zhàn qián Zhè ge chéng shì hěn fán róng.
  Before the war, this city was very prosperous.
• 这些建筑都是战前建的。
  Zhè xiē jiàn zhù dōu shì zhàn qián jiàn de.
  These buildings were all built before the war.
• 战前和战后的情况完全不同。
  zhàn qián Hé zhàn hòu de qíng kuàng wán quán bù tóng.
  The situation before and after the war is completely different.