|bɪˈfɔːhænd| adverb (ahead of time) 提前 tíqián (earlier) 事先 shìxiān let me know beforehand 提前告诉我 a year/one hour beforehand 提前一年/一小时 journalists knew beforehand 记者们事先已经知道了 we had seen them shortly beforehand 不久前我们见过他们