jì​chéng​yī​bō

to take up the mantle

  • created sense approved 继承衣钵/繼承衣缽 · jì​chéng​yī​bō · to take up the mantle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    继承衣钵 / 繼承衣缽

    jì​chéng​yī​bō

    to take up the mantle

    To follow in someone's footsteps; to carry on the tradition or work of a predecessor or master.

    继承 (literal) → 继承/繼承 · jì​chéng · to carry on 衣钵 (literal) → 衣钵/衣缽 · yī​bō · legacy

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

    created sense