- 来者不拒 láizhěbùjù refuse-nobodyto refuse nobody; to welcome all comers or accept any offer without discrimination
- 后来者居上 hòuláizhějūshàng latecomers surpassThe latecomers surpass their predecessors.
- 前不见古人,后不见来者 qiánbùjiàngǔrén, hòubùjiànláizhě unprecedentedhistorically unique or unparalleled; having no predecessors and no successors
- 前无古人,后无来者 qiánwúgǔrén, hòuwúláizhě peerlessto have never been done before and unlikely to be matched in the future; unprecedented and unrepeatable
- 来者不善,善者不来 láizhěbùshàn, shànzhěbùlái ill-intentioned arrivalHe who comes is surely ill-intentioned; an idiom used to warn that a visitor likely has hostile or malicious motives.