承前启后

Traditional (Taiwan): 承前啟後

chéngqiánqǐhòu ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋ

    • to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) part of a historical transition
    • forming a bridge between earlier and later stages

Character by character

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

Telling them apart

承前启后 is about inheriting earlier achievements and opening a path for later ones, so it suits careers, scholarship and writing. 承上启下 is about connecting what comes before and after, as in a transitional paragraph, or a middle level of an organization linking those above and below.

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