4 characters Idiom and proverb 12 922

We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「前古未有」.

Here’s the idiom 「前古未有」, with its definition and practical application described below.

There has never been such a thing since ancient times.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qián gǔ wèi yǒu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chin4 gu2 mei6 yau5

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