predecessor · forebears · the person facing you

qián rén

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We should learn from those who have gone before us.

我们应該向前人学习。

People used to think that only humans could use language.

以前人们以为只有人類才懂得用语言溝通。

Back then, people communicated using smoke signals.

以前人们用烟作为联络信号。

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

在我们了解人生之前人生已经过了一半。

Today our numbers are few, but with the right political strategy, in a couple years we may number in the tens of thousands.

我们目前人數不多，但只要政治策略得当，几年后或許能达到數万人。

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