承前启后
Traditional form:
承前啟後
Pinyin (reading):
chéngqiánqǐhòu
Definitions:
- to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
- forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
Characters:
- 承 - to undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritance
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
- 启 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
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