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后来者居上 后来的超过先前的 史记·汲郑列传》汲黯对汉武帝说：“陛下用群臣，如积薪耳，后来者居上 Hòu  Lái  Zhě  Jū  Shàng Hlzs

The idiom '后来者居上' means that those who come later surpass those who came before.

后来者居上指后来的超过先前的。

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