| 一脉相承 |
yī mài xiāng chéng |
traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 脉 |
mài |
old variant of 脉 |
| 脉 |
mài |
arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc) |
| 脉 |
mò |
see 脉脉 |
| 脉 |
mài |
variant of 脉 |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 相承 |
xiāng chéng |
to complement one another |
| 承 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God |
| 承 |
chéng |
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive |