前仆后继 — Chinese idiom
前仆后继
qián pū hòu jì
Traditional: 前仆後繼
Meaning
- one falls, the next follows ; stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
- advancing wave upon wave
Character by character
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 仆pūto fall forward; prostrate, prone; servant
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 继jìto continue, to carry on; to succeed, to inherit
Idioms sharing a character
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 不计前嫌 bù jì qián xián
- 不顾前后 bù gù qián hòu
- 停滞不前 tíng zhì bù qián
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 冰释前嫌 bīng shì qián xián
- 前世姻缘 qián shì yīn yuán
- 前倨后恭 qián jù hòu gōng
- 前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì
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