后来居上

Traditional form:

後來居上

Pinyin (reading):

hòuláijūshàng

Definitions:

• lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation
• the pupil surpasses the master

Characters:

• 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 居 - to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

Traditional characters:

• 後 - after; behind, rear; descendants
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 居 - to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous