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承前启后
chéng qián qǐ hòu
What 承前启后 means
- to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
- forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
The characters in 承前启后
- 承chéngto bear; to carry; to hold
- 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
- 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
- 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
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