前无古人后无来者
qián​wú​gǔ​rén​hòu​wú​lái​zhě

unprecedented and unrepeatable

  1. 前 qián prepositionlocative
    before
    (bound form) ago; before; earlier; previously
  2. 无 無 wú adjectiveverb
    to not have
    to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less
  3. 古人 gǔ​rén noun
    the ancients
    people of ancient times; forefathers; the people of old
  4. 后 後 hòu locativepreposition
    after
    (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence
  5. 无 無 wú adjectiveverb
    to not have
    to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less
  6. 来者 來者 lái​zhě
    future; future generations
    (literary) Things or people that will come in the future; the future; successors