承先啟後 chéng xiān qǐ hòu

DEFINITIONS

  1. see 承前啟後|承前启后[cheng2 qian2 qi3 hou4]

CHARACTERS

承 chéng inherit, receive; succeed
先 xiān first, former, previous
啟 qǐ open; begin
後 hòu behind, rear, after; descendents