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古人

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gǔ rén

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 古人

前无古人
qián wú gǔ rén

(idiom) unprecedented

前不见古人,后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě

unique

前无古人,后无来者
qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhě

there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom)

古人类
gǔ rén lèi

ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis

古人类学
gǔ rén lèi xué

paleoanthropology

替古人担忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu

to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily

替古人耽忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu

to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily

蒙古人
měng gǔ rén

Mongol

蒙古人民共和国
měng gǔ rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Republic of Mongolia (from 1924)

Child Words of 古人

人
rén

person; people

古
gǔ

ancient

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