前无古人，后无来者 in English qian2 wu2 gu3 ren2 , hou4 wu2 lai2 zhe3 Meaning

Meanings

  • there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiomatic expression)
  • never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future
  • peerless

Simplified Characters

前 无 古 人 ， 后 无 来 者

Traditional Characters

前 無 古 人 ， 後 無 來 者

Pinyin

qian2 wu2 gu3 ren2 , hou4 wu2 lai2 zhe3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

前qian2front 无wu2not to have 古gu3surname Gu 人ren2man ， 后hou4surname Hou 无wu2not to have 来lai2to come 者zhe3(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...