| 继往开来 |
jì wǎng kāi lái |
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
| 继 |
jì |
to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards |
| 往 |
wǎng |
to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous |
| 往 |
wǎng |
old variant of 往 |
| 开 |
kāi |
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |
| 来 |
lái |
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来) / ever since (as in 自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) |