Definition

Examples

• 不久前这里还是一片荒地，现在已经建成了高楼。
  bù jiǔ qián zhèlǐ hái shì yí piàn huāngdì, xiànzài yǐjīng jiàn chéng le gāo lóu.
  Not long ago this was still a piece of wasteland; now high-rises have been built.
• 他不久前刚从国外回来，对本地的情况不太了解。
  Tā bù jiǔ qián gāng cóng guówài huí lái, duì běndì de qíngkuàng bú tài liǎojiě.
  He came back from abroad not long ago and doesn't know much about the local situation.
• 不久前发生的那件事，至今让人记忆犹新。
  bù jiǔ qián fāshēng de nà jiàn shì, zhìjīn ràng rén jìyì yóu xīn.
  That event that happened not long ago is still fresh in people's memory.