空前

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Chinese

emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 
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Pronunciation


Adjective

空前

  1. unprecedented; as never before
    影響空前影响空前  ―  yǐngxiǎng kōngqián  ―  unprecedented impact
    規模空前规模空前  ―  guīmó kōngqián  ―  unprecedented scale

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くう
Grade: 1
ぜん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

(くう)(ぜん) (kūzen

  1. being unprecedented
    日本犯罪史上(にほんはんざいしじょう)空前(くうぜん)惨劇(さんげき)
    Nihon hanzai shijō kūzen no sangeki
    a tragedy unprecedented in the history of crime in Japan

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