后来居上 — Chinese idiom
后来居上
hòu lái jū shàng
Traditional: 後來居上
Meaning
- see 后来者居上 (hòu lái zhě jū shàng)
Character by character
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
Idioms sharing a character
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不顾前后 bù gù qián hòu
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
- 先来后到 xiān lái hòu dào
- 先斩后奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì
- 前倨后恭 qián jù hòu gōng
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