during one's lifetime
while alive
before death
His diary was not published during his lifetime.
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Open the tool →生前 (shēng qián) means “during one's lifetime, while alive, before death”.
生前 is pronounced shēng qián in Mandarin Chinese.
“during one's lifetime” is 生前 (shēng qián) in Chinese.
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