一脉相承

Traditional form:

一脈相承

Pinyin (reading):

yīmàixiāngchéng

Definitions:

• traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 脉 - a pulse; arteries, veins; blood vessels
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 承 - to undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritance

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 脈 - a pulse; arteries, veins; blood vessels
• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 承 - to undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritance