[Nǚ zhēn, ㄋㄩˇ ㄓㄣ, 女真] Nüzhen or Jurchen, a Tungus nationality, predecessor of the Manchu nationality who founded the later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 and Qing dynasty #24,298[Add to Longdo]
[qián wú gǔ rén hòu wú lái zhě, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄨˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄜˇ, 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 [Add to Longdo]
[qián chē zhī fù, hòu chē zhī jiàn, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄜ ㄓ ㄈㄨˋ, ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄜ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, 前车之覆，后车之鉴 / 前車之覆，後車之鑒] lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (成语 saw); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one’s predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy [Add to Longdo]
[hòu chē zhī jiàn, ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄜ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, 后车之鉴 / 後車之鑒] lit. warning to the following cart (成语 saw); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one’s predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy [Add to Longdo]
[よれつ, yoretsu] (n) ancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Predecessor \Pred`e*ces"sor\ (?; 277), n. [L. praedecessor; prae
before + decessor one who withdraws from the province he has
governed, a retiring officer (with reference to his
successor), a predecessor, fr. decedere: cf. F.
pr['e]d['e]cesseur. See {Decease}.]
One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state,
position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes
after, in any office or position.
[1913 Webster]
A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had
been over the interests of the state. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predecessor
n 1: one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or
office)
2: something that precedes and indicates the approach of
something or someone [syn: {harbinger}, {forerunner},
{predecessor}, {herald}, {precursor}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
