空前绝后
kōng qián jué hòu
Pinyin

Definition

空前绝后
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kōng qián jué hòu
  1. unprecedented and never to be duplicated
  2. the first and the last
  3. unmatched
  4. unique

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
以前
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
前
qián
  1. 1 front
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 ahead
  4. 4 first
  5. 5 top (followed by a number)
  6. 6 future
  7. 7 ago
  8. 8 before
  9. 9 BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. 10 former
  11. 11 formerly
天空
tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
提前
tí qián
  1. 1 to shift to an earlier date
  2. 2 to do sth ahead of time
  3. 3 in advance
目前
mù qián
  1. 1 at the present time
  2. 2 currently
空气
kōng qì
  1. 1 air
  2. 2 atmosphere
空间
kōng jiān
  1. 1 space
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 (fig.) scope
  4. 4 leeway
  5. 5 (astronomy) outer space
  6. 6 (physics, math.) space
面前
miàn qián
  1. 1 in front of
  2. 2 facing
  3. 3 (in the) presence (of)
上前
shàng qián
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to step forward
上空
shàng kōng
  1. 1 overhead
  2. 2 in the sky
先前
xiān qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 previously
前世
qián shì
  1. 1 previous generations
  2. 2 previous incarnation (Buddhism)
前任
qián rèn
  1. 1 predecessor
  2. 2 ex-
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 ex (spouse etc)
前来
qián lái
  1. 1 to come (formal)
  2. 2 before
  3. 3 previously
前夕
qián xī
  1. 1 eve
  2. 2 the day before
前夜
qián yè
  1. 1 the eve
  2. 2 the night before
前天
qián tiān
  1. 1 the day before yesterday
前奏
qián zòu
  1. 1 prelude
  2. 2 presage
前妻
qián qī
  1. 1 ex-wife
  2. 2 late wife

Idioms (20)

一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu
  1. 1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill
光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
前不着村，后不着店
qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn
  1. 1 lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
  3. 3 to be in a predicament
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
前世姻缘
qián shì yīn yuán
  1. 1 a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
前事不忘，后事之师
qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī
  1. 1 don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
前人栽树，后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng
  1. 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
前仆后继
qián pū hòu jì
  1. 1 one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
  2. 2 advancing wave upon wave
前倨后恭
qián jù hòu gōng
  1. 1 to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
前功尽弃
qián gōng jìn qì
  1. 1 to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
  2. 2 all that has been achieved goes down the drain
前因后果
qián yīn hòu guǒ
  1. 1 cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
前怕狼后怕虎
qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be full of needless fears
  3. 3 reds under the beds
前缘未了
qián yuán wèi liǎo
  1. 1 one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这就是空前绝后。不过我也很喜欢李连杰，他身上有一股正气。而且演技也是三个人里最好的。
zhè jiùshì kōngqiánjuéhòu 。bùguò wǒ yě hěn xǐhuan LǐLiánjié ，tā shēn shàng yǒu yī gǔ zhèngqì 。érqiě yǎn jì yě shì sān gè rén lǐ zuìhǎo de 。
He certainly is the most professional of the three. Ever since he was small he's practiced martial arts. He won several national championships. He's really strong on the fundamentals.
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