后来者居上

Traditional form:

後來者居上

Pinyin (reading):

hòuláizhějūshàng

Definitions:

• the latecomers surpass their predecessors

Characters:

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