see what one has never seen before; witness the unprecedented
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
to see what one has never seen before; to witness something unprecedented
formalUsed to emphasize the extreme novelty, rarity, or strangeness of something encountered for the first time.
Zhè这
cì次
kē科
jì技
zhǎn展
shàng上
de的
fā发
míng明
zhēn真
ràng让
wǒ我
jiàn见
suǒ所
wèi未
jiàn见
，
wén闻
suǒ所
wèi未
wén闻
。
The inventions at this technology exhibition truly show me things I have never seen or heard of before.
Tā他
shōu收
cáng藏
de的
gǔ古
dǒng董
zhōng中
yǒu有
xiē些
yàng样
shì式
zhēn真
shì是
jiàn见
suǒ所
wèi未
jiàn见
。
Some of the styles among his antique collection are truly unprecedented.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
qí奇
tè特
de的
zì自
rán然
jǐng景
guān观
，
wǒ我
zhēn真
shì是
jiàn见
suǒ所
wèi未
jiàn见
。
I have truly never seen such a peculiar natural phenomenon before.
Duì对
yú于
zhè这
zhǒng种
chǔ处
lǐ理
wèn问
tí题
de的
fāng方
fǎ法
，
tā他
tǎn坦
yán言
jiàn见
suǒ所
wèi未
jiàn见
。
Regarding this method of solving problems, he frankly admitted he had never seen anything like it.