Chinese–English

继往开来

jì wǎng kāi lái · ji wang kai lai

Traditional 繼往開來

Old HSK 6

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
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