take what our forebears have left us but as a departure for new inventions

take what our forebears have left us but as a departure for new inventions

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch é ngqi á NQ ǐ h ò u, which refers to inheriting the previous career and opening up the way for future generations. It comes from the essay of Yongchuang by Zhu Guozhen of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Zhu Guozhen of the Ming Dynasty wrote in Yongchuang sketch: Zeng Youan's gift: "the public inherits the former pioneering work and enlarges the later scale. The merits and virtues of this work will last forever."

Analysis of Idioms

[near meaning words] connecting the preceding and the following, carrying forward the past and opening up the future, and [antonym words] are unprecedented

Idiom usage

As attribute, predicate and adverbial, it refers to the bridge function before and after connection. As for young people, they are more eager to attack than old people, because they are the bridge between the past and the future, and it is all on their shoulders that the country will become extinct. (Lu Xun's book of two places, Xu Guangping) looking forward to the future, Karsten people are full of pride, carrying on the past and opening up the future! Our elders give us examples to help us avoid detours.