承先启后
chéng​xiān​qǐ​hòu

to link the past and the future

  • created reference approved 承先启后/承先啟後 → 承前启后/承前啟後 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    承先启后 / 承先啟後 chéng​xiān​qǐ​hòu

    承前启后 / 承前啟後 chéng​qián​qǐ​hòu

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 承先启后/承先啟後 · chéng​xiān​qǐ​hòu · to link the past and the future — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    承先启后 / 承先啟後

    chéng​xiān​qǐ​hòu

    to link the past and the future

    To inherit from predecessors and pave the way for successors; to form a bridge between earlier and later stages of a historical transition.

    承 (literal) → 承 · chéng · to continue 先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · deceased 启 (literal) → 启/啟 · qǐ · to begin 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · descendant

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

    created sense