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古人

gǔ rén

2-character word

What 古人 means

1. people of ancient times
2. the ancients
3. extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis
4. literarydeceased person

The characters in 古人

• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 古人喜欢讲关于勇气的故事。
  Gǔrén xǐhuan jiǎng guānyú yǒngqì de gùshi.
  Ancient people liked to tell stories of bravery.
• 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 古人

• 古人类gǔ rén lèiancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
• 古人类学gǔ rén lèi xuépaleoanthropology

Words containing 古人

• 蒙古人Měng gǔ rénMongol
• 前无古人qián wú gǔ rén(idiom) unprecedented; unheard of
• 替古人担忧tì gǔ rén dān yōuto fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily…
• 蒙古人民共和国Měng gǔ Rén mín Gòng hé guóPeople's Republic of Mongolia (from 1924)
• 前不见古人，后不见来者qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhěunique; unprecedented (idiom)
• 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)…