What 空前绝后 means
- Unprecedented and unrepeatable
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空前绝后 in a sentence
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What does 空前绝后 mean in English?
空前绝后 is pronounced kōngqiánjuéhòu and means Unprecedented and unrepeatable.
How do you pronounce 空前绝后?
空前绝后 is kōngqiánjuéhòu in pinyin — written kongqianjuehou without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 空前绝后?
空前绝后 is written with 4 characters: 空 (kōng) Leave (empty - space - sky), 前 (qián) Before (front - first - former - earlier - ago), 绝 (jué) Absolutely (cut off - childless - extinct), 后 (hòu) Back (after - later - offspring). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 空前绝后 written in traditional Chinese?
空前絕後. The simplified form 空前绝后 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 空前絕後 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced kōngqiánjuéhòu.
Is 空前绝后 an HSK word?
Yes — 空前绝后 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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