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Change log entry 70579
Processed by: richwarm (2020-09-03 09:25:33 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 66344 - submitted by 'lionel_rowe' >>
"ago" vs. "before" - depends on frame of reference (now vs. some other time). the default if no frame of reference given would be now, hence "ago".

"for the last few days" - when collocated with "一直", "都", or similar, "前几天" indicates a constant state.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%E5%89%8D%E5%87%A0%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%80%E7%9B%B4%22
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%E5%89%8D%E5%87%A0%E5%A4%A9%E9%83%BD%22
Diff:
- 前幾天 前几天 [qian2 ji3 tian1] /a few days before/
# + 前幾天 前几天 [qian2 ji3 tian1] /a few days ago/a few days before/for the last few days/
+ 前幾天 前几天 [qian2 ji3 tian1] /a few days ago/a few days before/the past few days/the previous few days/
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