後來者居上
hòu​lái​zhě​jū​shàng

latecomers surpass their predecessors

  • created sense approved 后来者居上/後來者居上 · hòu​lái​zhě​jū​shàng · latecomers surpass their predecessors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后来者居上 / 後來者居上

    hòu​lái​zhě​jū​shàng

    latecomers surpass their predecessors

    Newcomers or those who started late move to the front or surpass those who came before them.

    后来 (literal) → 后来/後來 · hòu​lái · latecomer 者 (bound) → 者 · zhě · -er 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to occupy 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · upper

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense