古人
gǔrén
ancient people
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 古人虽然没有现代仪器，却能通过长期观察总结自然规律。 Gǔrén suīrán méiyǒu xiàndài yíqì, què néng tōngguò chángqī guānchá zǒngjié zìrán guīlǜ. Although ancient people did not have modern instruments, they could still summarise natural laws through long-term observation.
- 古人常常根据月亮的变化来安排农活。 Gǔrén chángcháng gēnjù yuèliang de biànhuà lái ānpái nónghuó. Ancient people often planned their farm work according to the changes of the moon.
- 古人说，读万卷书不如行万里路。 Gǔrén shuō, dú wàn juàn shū bùrú xíng wàn lǐ lù. The ancients said that travelling ten thousand miles is better than reading ten thousand books.
Related words
- 古 gǔ ancient; old
- 古代 gǔdài ancient times
- 古老 gǔlǎo ancient
- 古典 gǔdiǎn classical
- 古迹 gǔjì historic site, relic
- 考古 kǎogǔ to engage in archaeology; archaeology
- 古董 gǔdǒng antique
- 古怪 gǔguài strange; odd
- 古籍 gǔjí ancient books; classical texts
- 古今中外 gǔjīnzhōngwài ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign; all times and places
- 古朴 gǔpǔ simple and unsophisticated; quaint
- 前无古人 qiánwúgǔrén unprecedented; unparalleled in history