前所未闻

前所未闻前所未聞 qián suǒ wèi wén ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄣˊ cin4 so2 mei6 man4

(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 前 (1 of 4) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

前 radical 刂 = 丷一刖
所 radical 户 = 户斤
未 radical 木 = 一木
闻 radical 门 = 门耳

Example sentences

這前所未聞, 犯罪嫌疑人的律師竟然是真正的罪魁禍首。 It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.
被突襲後宣告戰爭是可以預想的，但用炸彈屠殺萬人以上的平民卻是前所未聞的。 Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.

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