Word information
Simplified继往开来
Traditional繼往開來
Pinyinjì wǎng kāi lái
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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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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, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
出来chūláito come out; to appear; to arise
打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
过来guòláito come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of