山外有山，天外有天

shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān

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Definitions

1. (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better
2. in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself

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Child Words of 山外有山，天外有天

• 外 外 wài: outside
• 天 天 tiān: day
• 山 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 有 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 天外 天外 tiān wài: beyond the earth