"後來居上" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "The way Your Majesty manages your ministers is like nothing but keeping firewood in a pile: it is the late-comers that get the top position.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Bìxià yòng qúnchén rú jīxīn ěr, hòu lái zhě jū shàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "陛下用群臣如積薪耳，後來者居上。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "The way Your Majesty manages your ministers is like nothing but keeping firewood in a pile: it is the late-comers that get the top position.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Bìxià yòng qúnchén rú jīxīn ěr, hòu lái zhě jū shàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "陛下用群臣如积薪耳，后来者居上。",
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a sarcastic comment by Ji An (汲黯) to the Emperor Wu of Han",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "后来居上",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "late-comer is positioned above",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese chengyu",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation; the pupil surpasses the master"
      ],
      "id": "en-後來居上-zh-phrase-cdAO-usf",
      "links": [
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          "up-and-coming",
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        [
          "youngster",
          "youngster"
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        [
          "outstrip",
          "outstrip"
        ],
        [
          "surpass",
          "surpass"
        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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        "Emperor Wu of Han",
        "zh:汲黯"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòuláijūshàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄐㄩ ㄕㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶ loi⁴ geoi¹ soeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-lâi-ki-siōng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ki-siāng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòuláijūshàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòuláijyushàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴-lai²-chü¹-shang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu-lái-jyū-shàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "howlaijiushanq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хоулайцзюйшан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xoulajczjujšan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hauh lòih gēui séuhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶ loi⁴ goey¹ soeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heo⁶ loi⁴ gêu¹ sêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²² lɔːi̯²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoxlai'kusiong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-lâi-ki-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo-lâi-ki-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoxlai'kisiong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ki-siāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ki-siāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "auxlai'kisiang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siaŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "auxlai'kusiong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwX|huwH loj kjo dzyangH"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hō͘-lâi-ki-siōng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²² lɔːi̯²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siaŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "後來居上"
}

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    {
      "english": "The way Your Majesty manages your ministers is like nothing but keeping firewood in a pile: it is the late-comers that get the top position.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Bìxià yòng qúnchén rú jīxīn ěr, hòu lái zhě jū shàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "陛下用群臣如積薪耳，後來者居上。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "The way Your Majesty manages your ministers is like nothing but keeping firewood in a pile: it is the late-comers that get the top position.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE",
      "roman": "Bìxià yòng qúnchén rú jīxīn ěr, hòu lái zhě jū shàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "陛下用群臣如积薪耳，后来者居上。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "汲黯"
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      "name": "lang"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a sarcastic comment by Ji An (汲黯) to the Emperor Wu of Han",
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    {
      "form": "后来居上",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "late-comer is positioned above",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
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        "Chinese chengyu",
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 上",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 來",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 居",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 後",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
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        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese chengyu",
        "Middle Chinese idioms",
        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation; the pupil surpasses the master"
      ],
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        [
          "up-and-coming",
          "up-and-coming"
        ],
        [
          "youngster",
          "youngster"
        ],
        [
          "outstrip",
          "outstrip"
        ],
        [
          "surpass",
          "surpass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Emperor Wu of Han",
        "zh:汲黯"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòuláijūshàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄐㄩ ㄕㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶ loi⁴ geoi¹ soeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-lâi-ki-siōng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ki-siāng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòuláijūshàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòuláijyushàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴-lai²-chü¹-shang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu-lái-jyū-shàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "howlaijiushanq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хоулайцзюйшан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xoulajczjujšan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hauh lòih gēui séuhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶ loi⁴ goey¹ soeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heo⁶ loi⁴ gêu¹ sêng⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²² lɔːi̯²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoxlai'kusiong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘-lâi-ki-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo-lâi-ki-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoxlai'kisiong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ki-siāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ki-siāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "auxlai'kisiang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siaŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu-lâi-ku-siōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "auxlai'kusiong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwX|huwH loj kjo dzyangH"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hō͘-lâi-ki-siōng /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²² lɔːi̯²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siaŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "後來居上"
}

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