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前人

qián rén

2-character word

What 前人 means

1. predecessor
2. forebears
3. the person facing you

The characters in 前人

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 法律面前人人平等。
  Everybody is equal before the law.
• 法律之前人人平等。
  All men are equal under the law.
• 我们应该向前人学习。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi xiàngqián rén xuéxí.
  We should learn from those who have gone before us.
• 前人铺路，后人行路。
  Qiánrén pūlù, hòurén xínglù.
  One generation builds the street that the next will travel on.

Words starting with 前人

• 前人栽树，后人乘凉qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liángto enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)

Words containing 前人

• 史前人shǐ qián rénprehistoric man