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CHINESE WORD

gǔ rén

古人

ancient

HSK 7-9
Numbered pinyin
gu3 ren2
English meanings
forefathers, our forefather, ancient, ancients, antiquity

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    gǔdài古代de的rén人。

    The ancients.

  2. 02

    gǔrén古人zhìhuì智慧。

    The wisdom of the ancients.

  3. 03

    xiàng向gǔrén古人xuéxí学习。

    Learn from the ancients.

  4. 04

    gǔrén古人de的jīngyàn经验。

    The ancients' experience.

  5. 05

    jìchéng继承chuántǒng传统。

    Inherit tradition.

  6. 06

    jiàn鉴gǔ古zhī知jīn今。

    Know the present through the past.

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