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What does 古人 mean?

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古人 gǔrén

ancient people; the ancients

Its characters

  1. 古 gǔ ancient
  2. 人 rén person

In a sentence

古人很早就开始喝茶了。 The ancients started drinking tea very early on.

那古人吃饭用什么呢?

From 筷子最早是用来吃饭的吗? · The history of chopsticks

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