旷古未闻 — Chinese idiom
旷古未闻
kuàng gǔ wèi wén
Traditional: 曠古未聞
Meaning
- never before in the whole of history
- unprecedented
- also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
Character by character
- 旷kuàngbroad, vast, wide; empty
- 古gǔold, classic, ancient
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
Idioms sharing a character
- 心旷神怡 xīn kuàng shén yí
- 旷古未有 kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu
- 旷日持久 kuàng rì chí jiǔ
- 亘古不变 gèn gǔ bù biàn
- 人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ
- 借古讽今 jiè gǔ fěng jīn
- 前无古人 qián wú gǔ rén
- 千古罪人 qiān gǔ zuì rén
- 千古遗恨 qiān gǔ yí hèn
- 厚古薄今 hòu gǔ bó jīn
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