establish an estate and hand down an inheritance
It's a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is Chu à ngy è Chu í t à ng, which means to create achievements and pass them on to future generations. It's from Mencius, King Liang Hui.
Idiom explanation
Entrepreneurship: to create achievements; vertical: to spread; unified: refers to the system in a continuous line.
The origin of Idioms
Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Xia "the gentleman creates a business to pass down the tradition, is may continue also."
Idiom usage
It means to create a foundation and pass it on to the descendants. example since ancient times, when emperors have established their own business, there must be a constitution, which will benefit their descendants. If they can keep it, it will be enough to protect the world. Yu jideng's "records of allusions" in Ming Dynasty (Volume 10) and Yang Xiong's "Yu Liefu" in Han Dynasty (Volume 10): "those who have established their own business are not happy." In the book baopuzi Yimin written by Gehong of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "Lv Shang's pioneering career is to show the future generations, while Zhang Ke's cool end is to open the track of the remnant thieves." In Sima Guang's xiaoheying Weiyang palace of the Song Dynasty, it is said that "the monarch who has established a business and is in a position to become a leader should be polite and frugal in order to educate his descendants. The descendants are still obscene and can't be banned. What's more, they are arrogant and extravagant."
Chinese PinYin : chuàng yè chuí tǒng
establish an estate and hand down an inheritance
shortsighted and good-for-nothing person. fán tāi ròu yǎn