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1 not yet
2 did not
3 have not
4 not
5 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
6 ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

未来

wèi lái

1 future
2 tomorrow
3 classifier: 个 gè
4 approaching
5 coming
6 pending

前所未有

qián suǒ wèi yǒu

1 unprecedented

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起

yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
2 many twists and turns to a story
3 one thing after another

乳臭未干

rǔ xiù wèi gān

1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
2 still wet behind the ears

兵马未动，粮草先行

bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng

1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
2 an army marches on its stomach

前缘未了

qián yuán wèi liǎo

1 one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)

始料未及

shǐ liào wèi jí

1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
2 unforeseen
3 to be surprised by the turn of events

Sample Sentences

秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。

qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。

QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.

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