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Here, we present the idiom 「承先啟後」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Inherit the previous generation and inspire the next generation.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chéng xiān qǐ hòu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing4 sin1 kai2 hau6

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