踵事增華
zhǒng​shì​zēng​huá

to carry forward and improve

  • created sense approved 踵事增华/踵事增華 · zhǒng​shì​zēng​huá · to carry forward and improve — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    踵事增华 / 踵事增華

    zhǒng​shì​zēng​huá

    to carry forward and improve

    To follow in the footsteps of predecessors and further develop or improve their achievements; originally used to describe the development of literary style from simple to ornate.

    踵 (literal) → 踵 · zhǒng · to inherit 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 增 (literal) → 增 · zēng · to increase 华 (literal) → 华/華 · huá · magnificent

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

    created sense