闻所未闻 wén suǒ wèi wén Unheard of

Explanation

形容事物非常新奇、罕见，前所未有。

Describes something that is very new, rare, and unprecedented.

Origin Story

汉代时，汉武帝派使者陆贾出使南越，南越王尉佗久居南越，不愿归顺汉朝。陆贾便向尉佗介绍汉朝的强大和富饶，告诉他汉朝的疆域辽阔，土地肥沃，物产丰富，政令统一。尉佗听了这些闻所未闻的事，便心悦诚服地归顺了汉朝。

hàn dài shí, hàn wǔ dì pài shǐ zhě lù jiǎ chū shǐ nán yuè, nán yuè wáng wèi tuó jiǔ jū nán yuè, bù yuàn guī shùn hàn cháo. lù jiǎ biàn xiàng wèi tuó jiè shào hàn cháo de qiáng dà hé fù ráo, gào su tā hàn cháo de jiāng yù liáo kuò, tǔ dì féi wò, wù chǎn fēng fù, zhèng lì tǒng yī. wèi tuó tīng le zhè xiē wén suǒ wèi wén de shì, biàn xīn yuè chéng fú de guī shùn le hàn cháo.

During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu sent his envoy Lu Jia to Nanyue. The King of Nanyue, Wutou, had lived in Nanyue for a long time and was reluctant to submit to the Han Dynasty. Lu Jia introduced Wutou to the strength and prosperity of the Han Dynasty, telling him that the Han Dynasty had vast territory, fertile land, abundant resources, and a unified government. Wutou was persuaded by what he had never heard before and willingly submitted to the Han Dynasty.

Usage

用于形容事物新奇罕见，前所未有。常用于感叹语气。

yòng yú xíng róng shì wù xīn qí hǎn jiàn, qián suǒ wèi yǒu. cháng yòng yú gǎn tàn yǔ qì.

Used to describe something that is new, rare, and unprecedented. Often used in an exclamatory tone.

Examples

• 我听到的那些故事简直是闻所未闻。

  wǒ tīng dào de nà xiē gù shì jiǎn zhí shì wén suǒ wèi wén.

  The stories I heard are simply unheard of.

• 这种技术真是闻所未闻，太神奇了！

  zhè zhǒng jì shù zhēn shì wén suǒ wèi wén, tài shén qí le!

  This technology is truly unheard of, it's amazing!

Related Idioms

• 见所未见

• 闻所不闻

Opposite Idioms

• 司空见惯

• 习以为常