承前启后 — Chinese idiom
承前启后
chéng qián qǐ hòu
Traditional: 承前啟後
Meaning
- to follow the past and herald the future ; part of a historical transition
- forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
Character by character
- 承chéngto undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritan
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 启qǐto open; to begin, to commence; to explain
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
Idioms sharing a character
- 一脉相承 yī mài xiāng chéng
- 子承父业 zǐ chéng fù yè
- 应天承运 yìng tiān chéng yùn
- 承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià
- 绕膝承欢 rào xī chéng huān
- 起承转合 qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé
- 阿谀奉承 ē yú fèng chéng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 不计前嫌 bù jì qián xián
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