前无古人
qián​wú​gǔ​rén HSK7

unprecedented

  • created sense approved 前无古人/前無古人 · qián​wú​gǔ​rén · unprecedented — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    前无古人 / 前無古人

    qián​wú​gǔ​rén

    unprecedented

    unprecedented or unheard of; literally "previously there were no such people among the ancients," describing an achievement or event that has never been done by anyone in the past

    前 (literal) → 前 · qián · before 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 古人 (literal) → 古人 · gǔ​rén · the ancients

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense