前仆後繼 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 前仆后继 qiánpūhòujì ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄨ ㄏㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ one falls, the next follows (idiom) stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades advancing wave upon wave Character by character 前(qián)front 仆(pū)fall forward 後(hòu)back 繼(jì)continue A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0