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不甘后人
bù​gān​hòu​rén

not to be outdone

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
不甘后人 不甘後人 bù​gān​hòu​rén
not to be outdone
(idiom) to not be content to lag behind others; to strive to be ahead; to refuse to play second fiddle

Frequency

Written text
0.017 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 争先恐后 zhēng​xiān​kǒng​hòu

Antonym

  • 甘居中游 gān​jū​zhōng​yóu

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)