前无古人,后无来者
Traditional form:
前無古人,後無來者
Pinyin (reading):
qiánwúgǔrén,hòuwúláizhě
Definitions:
- there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom)
- never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future
- peerless
Characters:
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 古 - old, classic, ancient
- 人 - man, person; people
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
- 者 - that which; they who; those who
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