从前

从前 [cóng qián]

1. ■ before; formerly; in the past; once upon a time; a long time ago; some time ago; [古] sometime:

从前， 有一个老人， 他有两个美丽的女儿。 Once upon a time, there lived an old man who had two beautiful daughters.

我们村跟从前大不一样了。 Our village is very different from what it was before.