继往开来 — Chinese idiom
继往开来
jì wǎng kāi lái
Traditional: 繼往開來
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
- 继jìto continue, to carry on; to succeed, to inherit
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
Idioms sharing a character
- 前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì
- 前赴后继 qián fù hòu jì
- 夜以继日 yè yǐ jì rì
- 后继有人 hòu jì yǒu rén
- 焚膏继晷 fén gāo jì guǐ
- 兴灭继绝 xīng miè jì jué
- 难以为继 nán yǐ wéi jì
- 一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
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