后起之秀
Traditional form:
後起之秀
Pinyin (reading):
hòuqǐzhīxiù
Definitions:
- an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
Characters:
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 秀 - elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
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