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前所未闻

qián suǒ wèi wén

4-character word Traditional 前所未聞

What 前所未闻 means

1. idiomunheard-of; unprecedented

The characters in 前所未闻

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 闻wénto hear; news; well-known

Example sentences

• 这前所未闻, 犯罪嫌疑人的律师竟然是真正的罪魁祸首。
  Zhè qiánsuǒwèiwén, fànzuì xiányírén de lǜshī jìngrán shì zhēnzhèng de zuìkuíhuòshǒu.
  It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.
• 被突袭后宣告战争是可以预想的，但用炸弹屠杀万人以上的平民却是前所未闻的。
  Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.