無出其右

Chinese

not have
to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
 
his; her; its
his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
 
 right (-hand)
trad. (無出其右) 無 出 其 右
simp. (无出其右) 无 出 其 右

Etymology

From The Records of the Grand Historian, Volume CIV (《史記·田叔列傳》):

上盡召見，與語，漢廷臣毋能出其右者，上說，盡拜為郡守、諸侯相。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
上尽召见，与语，汉廷臣毋能出其右者，上说，尽拜为郡守、诸侯相。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
Shàng jìn zhàojiàn, yǔ yǔ, Hàn tíngchén wú néng chū qí yòu zhě, shàng yuè, jìn bài wéi jùnshǒu, zhūhóuxiàng. [Pinyin]
The emperor summoned them all to an audience and talked with them. [He was favorably impressed and, declaring that] there were no finer ministers in the Han court itself, appointed them all as governors of provinces or prime ministers to the feudal lords.

The meaning and pronunciation of 毋 (wú) is the same as 無／无 (wú) here.

Pronunciation

Idiom

無出其右

  1. second to none; matchless; unequaled
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