一往无前 — Chinese idiom
一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
Traditional: 一往無前
Meaning
- to advance courageously
- to press forward
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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