聞所未聞
简 闻所未闻 · 繁 聞所未聞Meanings
- unheard of
- an extremely rare and unprecedented event
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2–3–4–2 · wen2 suo3 wei4 wen2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
man4 so2 mei6 man4
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- (idiomatic) to hear something one has never heard before; (of something) unheard-of, rare
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