承先 chéngxiān

chéngxiān phrase to continue ancestral traditions
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Collocation (Retranslated from Mathews 1931 '承先', p. 50)

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  • 承先启后(承先啟後) to follow the past and herald the future; part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages

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