繼往開來

Simplified: 继往开来

jìwǎngkāilái ㄐㄧˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄞ ㄌㄞˊ

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

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