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| Processed by: | kbaiko (2026-08-12 16:25:49 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 88873 - submitted by 'hanpingchinese' >> 後來居上 is one of only two (idiom) see … entries with no gloss of its own. It's ~20× more frequent than 後來者居上 in BLCU and 11:0 in SUBTLEX-CH, and unlike 冷暖自知 or 螳螂捕蟬 it isn't a clause of a longer proverb — it's the standard four-character form. Adding a gloss while keeping the cross-reference matches the 252 existing entries that do both, so nothing is restructured and the etymology stays where it is. ---------- Editor: Please read our wiki page on references: https://cc-cedict.org/wiki/references - Specifically, the "see" reference https://cc-cedict.org/wiki/references#see And our (WiP) page for app developers: https://cc-cedict.org/wiki/developers ----- Our current entry for 后来者居上: 後來者居上 后来者居上 [[hou4lai2zhe3 ju1shang4]] /the latecomers surpass their predecessors/ If we went with your proposal, 後來居上 后来居上 [[hou4lai2-ju1shang4]] /the latecomers surpass their predecessors (idiom)/see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hou4lai2zhe3 ju1shang4]/ apps would substitute the "see ..." reference and it would turn into 後來居上 后来居上 [[hou4lai2-ju1shang4]] /the latecomers surpass their predecessors (idiom)/the latecomers surpass their predecessors/ which would result in a duplicate sense. While the existing entry 後來居上 后来居上 [[hou4lai2-ju1shang4]] /(idiom) see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hou4lai2zhe3 ju1shang4]/ turns into 後來居上 后来居上 [[hou4lai2-ju1shang4]] /(idiom) the latecomers surpass their predecessors/ which is exactly what we intended. ----- >matches the 252 existing entries that do both, It would help if you include a subset of the 252 entries so I know what you're referring to (we have many many entries with both references and definitions so it's unclear to me what entries you're looking at). However, I suggest you only refer to entries converted to v2. v1 references can be all over the place while we've been much more careful with v2. |
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# - 後來居上 后来居上 [[hou4lai2-ju1shang4]] /(idiom) see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hou4lai2zhe3 ju1shang4]/ # + 後來居上 后来居上 [[hou4lai2-ju1shang4]] /the latecomers surpass their predecessors (idiom)/see 後來者居上|后来者居上[hou4lai2zhe3 ju1shang4]/ |