承前启后 meaning in English
take what our forebears have left us (not as perfected systems to be adopted) but as a departure for new inventions; serve as a link between past and future; take over from the past and set a new course for the future
Examples
- Some consequent action was necessary; yet what ?
总得有点承前启后的动作才成，可是做什么呢？ - Master yao zongxun ji xiang
承前启后的拳学大师姚宗勋先生 - He was a favorite student of fang bao and the teacher of yao nai
在“桐城派”的形成中起着承前启后的传递作用。 - Like mozart ' s music , einstein ' s work is a turning point
和莫扎特的音乐一样，爱因斯坦的工作是一个承前启后的转折点。 - On carry on business management training work in the new century
承前启后继往开来扎实有效地推进新世纪企业管理人员培训工作