子承父业 — Chinese idiom
子承父业
zǐ chéng fù yè
Traditional: 子承父業
Meaning
- (of a son) to carry on one's father's business or profession
Character by character
- 子zǐson, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 承chéngto undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritan
- 父fùfather, dad
- 业yèbusiness, profession; to study, to work
Idioms sharing a character
- 乱臣贼子 luàn chén zéi zǐ
- 仁人君子 rén rén jūn zǐ
- 佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ
- 多子多福 duō zǐ duō fú
- 妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn
- 子丑寅卯 zǐ chǒu yín mǎo
- 子子孙孙 zǐ zǐ sūn sūn
- 子虚乌有 zǐ xū wū yǒu
- 孺子可教 rú zǐ kě jiào
- 封妻荫子 fēng qī yìn zǐ
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