前无古人后无来者 (前無古人後無來者)
qián wú gǔ rén hòu wú lái zhě
Pinyin
Definition
前无古人后无来者 (前無古人後無來者)
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- to surpass all others of its kind before and since
- to have neither predecessors nor successors
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一往无前
- 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
- 2 to press forward
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact