史无前例 — Chinese idiom
史无前例
shǐ wú qián lì
Traditional: 史無前例
Meaning
- unprecedented in history
Character by character
- 史shǐhistory, chronicle, annals
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 例lìprecedent, example, case; regulation
Idioms sharing a character
- 以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
- 名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ
- 稗官野史 bài guān yě shǐ
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
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