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前所未有

qián suǒ wèi yǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

前所未有 (qián suǒ wèi yǒu) means "unprecedented". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 前所未有 means

1. idiomunprecedented

The characters in 前所未有

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意

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