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English

1. predecessor
2. forebears
3. the person facing you
4. (of people) predecessor; precursorunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 以前響同一個範疇作貢獻嘅人unreviewed?

Examples

• 法律面前人人平等。

  Everybody is equal before the law.

  Tatoeba · biglion CC BY

• 法律之前人人平等。

  All men are equal under the law.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 我們應該向前人學習。

  We should learn from those who have gone before us.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 前人铺路，后人行路。

  One generation builds the street that the next will travel on.

  Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

• 以前人们用烟作为联络信号。

  Back then, people communicated using smoke signals.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 在我們了解人生之前人生已經過了一半。

  Life is half spent before we know what it is.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• unreviewed?

  冇前人嘅付出，又點會有今日嘅我哋呢？

  We cannot live without the contribution of the predecessors.

• unreviewed?

  我哋用前人嘅研究做基礎，發明咗呢件新產品。

  We invented this new product based on a predecessor's research.