Chinese word dictionary

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

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Word information

Simplified继往开来

Traditional繼往開來

Pinyinjì wǎng kāi lái

Part of speechv

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

继jì

to continue, to carry on; to succeed, to inherit

往wǎng

to go, to depart; past, former

开kāi

to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

来lái

to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

How to learn 继往开来

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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开车kāichē

to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke

出来chūlái

to come out; to appear; to arise

打开dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

过来guòlái

to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

回来huílái

to return; to come back

进来jìnlái

to come in