前段時間

recently

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph

surname Duan

paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

time / period / CL:段[duan4]

between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms

gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent