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前無古人，後無來者

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Mandarin · pinyin qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhě

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

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前: qián · in front, forward; preceding
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古: gǔ · old, classic, ancient
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
來: lái · come, coming; return, returning
者: zhě · that which; he who; those who
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
来: lái · come, coming; return, returning

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