後繼乏人
hòu​jì​fá​rén

to lack successors

  • created reference approved 后继乏人/後繼乏人 → 后继无人/後繼無人 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后继乏人 / 後繼乏人 hòu​jì​fá​rén

    后继无人 / 後繼無人 hòu​jì​wú​rén

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 后继乏人/後繼乏人 → 后继有人/後繼有人 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后继乏人 / 後繼乏人 hòu​jì​fá​rén

    后继有人 / 後繼有人 hòu​jì​yǒu​rén

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 后继乏人/後繼乏人 · hòu​jì​fá​rén · to lack successors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后继乏人 / 後繼乏人

    hòu​jì​fá​rén

    to lack successors

    to lack qualified people to carry on a task, trade, or ambition; to have no one to take over an undertaking

    后继 (literal) → 后继/後繼 · hòu​jì · successors 乏 (literal) → 乏 · fá · to have none 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · manpower

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

    created sense