继往开来
继往开来
jì wǎng kāi lái
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
verbidiom
Traditional: 繼往開來
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- (verb, idiom) to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
- forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
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Related Words
承上起下(chéng shàng qǐ xià)— to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
→承前启后(chéng qián qǐ hòu)— to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
→来日方长(lái rì fāng cháng)— the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
→一板一眼(yī bǎn yī yǎn)— lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
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