史无前例 shǐwúqiánlì unprecedented in history
(idiom) unprecedented in history
How to remember 史无前例: 史 history + 无 have not + 前 in front + 例 examples = unprecedented in history.
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How it is used
- An idiom: 'unprecedented, without precedent in history' - 史无前例的规模 (shǐwúqiánlì de guīmó) an unprecedented scale.
- Emphasizes that nothing like it has ever happened before; a strong, formal intensifier for the magnitude or novelty of an event.