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空前绝后

kōng qián jué hòudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
unprecedented and never to be duplicated / the first and the last / unmatched / unique
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f6113d498d159546. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

空前絕後 空前绝后 [kong1 qian2 jue2 hou4] /unprecedented and never to be duplicated/the first and the last/unmatched/unique/

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Other forms in these source records: 空前絕後

  • 空
    kōng

    empty / air / sky / in vain

    kòng

    to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

  • 前
    qián

    front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

  • 绝
    jué

    to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means

  • 后
    hòu

    empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler / back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

    Hòu

    surname Hou

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.