论“从前”与“以前”的差别

The Difference between "Congqian" and "Yiqian"

"从前"与"以前"是一组近义词,汉语母语的人在使用时基本不会出错,但是非汉语母语的人往往会觉得难以区分。首先,"从前"与"以前"表示的时间距现在这个时间的远近不一样,此外,"以前"的用法较"从前"更为复杂,"以前"的很多用法"从前"都没有。

'Congqian' and 'yiqian' is a group of synonyms and Chinese native speaker use them basically do not make mistakes,but non Chinese native speaker often find that it is difficult to distinguish them.First, 'congqian' and 'yiqian' express different time distance from now.In addition,the usage of 'yiqian' is more complicated than 'congqian',many usages of 'yiqian' 'congqian' has not.