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    Expressing 'never before' with 未曾 (wèicéng)

    Negation
    Time Expressions

    Structure

    Subject + 未曾 + Verb

    Explanation

    未曾 (wèicéng) means "never before" or "have not ever." It is a formal or literary negation indicating that something has not happened in the past, more emphatic than 没有, as in 未曾来过 (have never been to).

    Examples

    • 这种美景我未曾见过。

      zhè zhǒng měijǐng wǒ wèicéng jiàn guò.

      I have never seen such beautiful scenery.

    • 他未曾提起自己的过去。

      tā wèicéng tíqǐ zìjǐ de guòqù.

      He has never mentioned his past.

    • 我未曾想到会在这里遇见你。

      wǒ wèicéng xiǎngdào huì zài zhèlǐ yùjiàn nǐ.

      I never expected to run into you here.

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