古人 gǔrén
noun
people from ancient times; the ancients; person who has passed away
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '古人')
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- 蒙古人 Mongol
- 前不见古人，后不见来者(前不見古人，後不見來者) unique; unprecedented
- 前无古人后无来者(前無古人後無來者) to surpass all others of its kind before and since; to have neither predecessors nor successors
- 替古人担忧(替古人擔憂) to fret over the worries of long-departed people; to worry unnecessarily; crying over spilt milk
- 作古人 to die; to pass away
- 替古人耽忧(替古人耽憂) to fret over the worries of long-departed people; to worry unnecessarily; crying over spilt milk
- 古人类(古人類) ancient hominid species such as Homo erectus, Neanderthal man etc
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- 卷第三 勉學 Scroll 3: Exhortation to Study The Family Instructions of Master Yan 顏氏家訓 — count: 10
- 第二回 Chapter 17 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
- 卷第二 風操 慕賢 Scroll 2: Character and Personal Integrity, Admire of Virtue The Family Instructions of Master Yan 顏氏家訓 — count: 7
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷四十九 列傳第三十九 庾杲之 王諶 孔珪 劉懷珍 Volume 49 Biographies 39: Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen, Kong Gui, Liu Huaizhen History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 6
- 卷六十 列傳第五十 范岫 傅昭 孔休源 江革 徐勉 許懋 殷鈞 Volume 60 Biographies 50: Fan Xia, Fu Zhao, Kong Xiuyuan, Jiang Ge, Xu Mian, Xu Mao, Yin Jun History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 5
- 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 5
- 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
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- 慕古人 (慕古人) 竊慕古人之所序 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十二 崔駰列傳 Volume 52: Biography of Cui Yin — count: 6
- 观古人 (觀古人) 予欲觀古人之象 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 5
- 古人以为 (古人以為) 古人以為易 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 4
- 古人云 (古人雲) 盛以为古人云 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十四 蜀書十四 蔣琬費禕姜維傳 Volume 44: Book of Shu 14 - Biographies of Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, and Jiang Wei — count: 4
- 未及古人 (未及古人) 諸子但為未及古人 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十一 魏書二十一 王衛二劉傅傳 Volume 21: Book of Wei 21 - Biographies of Wang, Wei, and the two Lius — count: 4
- 古人称 (古人稱) 是以古人称廊庙之材 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十六 魏書十六 任蘇杜鄭倉傳 Volume 16: Book of Wei 16 - Biographies of Ren, Su, Du, Zheng, and Cang — count: 4
- 同古人 (同古人) 上同古人 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十九 劉趙淳于江劉周趙列傳 Volume 39: Biographies of Liu, Zhao, Chunyu, Jiang, Liu, Zhou, Zhao — count: 3
- 思古人 (思古人) 我思古人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧綠衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Lu Yi — count: 3
- 古人遗 (古人遺) 古人遺智慧而任度量 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十二 魏書二十二 桓二陳徐衛盧傳 Volume 22: Book of Wei 22 - Biographies of Huan, the two Chens, Xu, Wei, and Lu — count: 2
- 古人曰 (古人曰) 古人曰 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 4 — count: 2