Dictionary: “前代未聞”

前代未聞

ぜんだいみもん

unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.

前

・in front

・before

代

・substitute

・change

・convert

・replace

・period

・age

・counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.

・generation

・charge

・rate

・fee

未

・un-

・not yet

・hitherto

・still

・even now

・sign of the ram

・1-3pm

・eighth sign of chinese zodiac

聞

・hear

・ask

・listen