后继有人 — Chinese idiom
后继有人
hòu jì yǒu rén
Traditional: 後繼有人
Meaning
- to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
Character by character
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 继jìto continue, to carry on; to succeed, to inherit
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 人rénman, person; people
Idioms sharing a character
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不顾前后 bù gù qián hòu
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
- 先来后到 xiān lái hòu dào
- 先斩后奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì
- 前倨后恭 qián jù hòu gōng
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