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Trad. 過繼
- to adopt
- to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
Trad. 繼承
- to inherit
- to succeed to (the throne etc)
- to carry on (a tradition etc)
Trad. 孫繼海
- Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)
Trad. 後繼乏人
- see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]
Trad. 後繼有人
- (idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
Trad. 後繼無人
- to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
Trad. 興滅繼絕
- lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom)
- fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
Trad. 前赴後繼
- to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
Trad. 繼往開來
- to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
- forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
Trad. 繼承衣缽
- to take up sb's mantle
- to follow in sb's steps
Trad. 夜以繼日
- night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
Trad. 訊框中繼
- frame relay (telecommunications)
Trad. 前仆後繼
- one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
- advancing wave upon wave
Trad. 焚膏繼晷
- to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day