光前启后
guāng​qián​qǐ​hòu

honoring the ancestors

  • created sense approved 光前启后/光前啟後 · guāng​qián​qǐ​hòu · honoring the ancestors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    光前启后 / 光前啟後

    guāng​qián​qǐ​hòu

    honoring the ancestors

    to glorify one's ancestors and enrich one's posterity

    光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · to glorify 前 (literal) → 前 · qián · before 启 (literal) → 启/啟 · qǐ · to open up 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · descendant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense