此前 (cǐ qián) means “before this; before then; previously”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
此前他从未出过国。
Cǐ qián tā cóngwèi chū guò guó.
Before this, he had never been abroad.
Updated: 2026-07-18