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前无古人

qián wú gǔ rén

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 前無古人

前无古人 (qián wú gǔ rén) means "(idiom) unprecedented; unheard of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 前无古人 means

1. idiomunprecedented
2. unheard of

The characters in 前无古人

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 他是一位前无古人的大科学家。
  Tā shì yī wèi qián wú gǔrén de dà kēxuéjiā.
  He is as great a scientist as ever lived.

Words starting with 前无古人

• 前无古人，后无来者qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhěthere has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom)…

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