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前人

qián rén

ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
N
1predecessor
2forebears
3the person facing you

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前人

Examples

qián rén前人pū lù铺路，hòu rén后人xíng lù行路。
前人铺路，后人行路。
One generation builds the street that the next will travel on.
从前人们害怕未来。现在，是未来该害怕人们。
People used to be afraid of the future. Today, it is the future that should be afraid of people.