前不见古人，后不见来者
qián​bù​jiàn​gǔ​rén​hòu​bù​jiàn​lái​zhě

unprecedented

  1. 前 qián prepositionlocative
    before
    (bound form) ago; before; earlier; previously
  2. 不见 不見 bù​jiàn verb
    not to see
    not to see; not to meet; to not see each other
  3. 古人 gǔ​rén noun
    the ancients
    people of ancient times; forefathers; the people of old
  4. ， hòu
    non-Chinese
  5. 后 後 hòu locativepreposition
    after
    (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence
  6. 不见 不見 bù​jiàn verb
    not to see
    not to see; not to meet; to not see each other
  7. 来者 來者 lái​zhě
    future; future generations
    (literary) Things or people that will come in the future; the future; successors