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avant-garde in Chinese

avant-garde in Chinese is 先头部队 — avant-garde means strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.

avant-garde in Chinese

先头部队
noun
Pronounced: xiān tóu bù duì
(obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force.

What does "avant-garde" mean?

  1. adjective Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
    "The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work."
  2. noun The artists, writers or thinkers whose work breaks with established forms and points the way for others.
    "He spent the 1960s on the fringes of the literary avant garde."

avant-garde in a sentence

  • The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work.
  • Her collection was too avant garde for the high street.
  • He spent the 1960s on the fringes of the literary avant garde.
  • The avant garde of one generation becomes the syllabus of the next.

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What is "avant-garde" in Chinese?

"avant-garde" in Chinese is 先头部队. avant-garde means: Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.

How do you pronounce 先头部队?

"avant-garde" in Chinese is 先头部队, pronounced "xiān tóu bù duì".

How do you use "avant-garde" in a sentence?

Example: "The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work." In Chinese, "avant-garde" is 先头部队.

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