前无古人，后无来者

qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhě

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Definitions

1. there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom)
2. never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future
3. peerless

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Child Words of 前无古人，后无来者

• 人 人 rén: person; people
• 来 来 lái: to come
• 前 前 qián: front
• 前无古人 前无古人 qián wú gǔ rén: (idiom) unprecedented
• 古 古 gǔ: ancient
• 古人 古人 gǔ rén: people of ancient times
• 后 后 hòu: empress
• 无 无 wú: not to have
• 者 者 zhě: (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...