前無古人後無來者 qián wú gǔ rén hòu wú lái zhě

to have neither predecessors nor successors

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to have neither predecessors nor successors
  2. 2. to surpass all others of its kind before and since

Characters

Character Meaning
前 qián HSK 1
front; before; forward
無 wú
not; no; not to have
古 gǔ HSK 5
ancient; old; surname Gu
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
後 hòu
behind; after; later
無 wú
not; no; not to have
來 lái
to come; to arrive; next
者 zhě HSK 3
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...