前代未聞

ぜんだいみもん

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

Kanji

• 前 front. Read as ゼン.
• 代 era. Read as ダイ.
• 未 not yet
• 聞 hear. Read as モン.

Example sentences

• 犯人を弁護してた弁護士が実は真犯人だったなんて、前代未聞だ。
  It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.
• これは前代未聞だね。
  This is unheard of.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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