前不见古人，后不见来者

qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě

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Definitions

1. unique
2. unprecedented (idiom)

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Child Words of 前不见古人，后不见来者

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不见 不见 bù jiàn: not to see
• 人 人 rén: person; people
• 来 来 lái: to come
• 前 前 qián: front
• 古 古 gǔ: ancient
• 古人 古人 gǔ rén: people of ancient times
• 后 后 hòu: empress
• 者 者 zhě: (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 见 见 jiàn: to see
• 见 见 xiàn: to appear