继承 (繼承)
jì chéng
Pinyin

Definition

继承 (繼承)
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jì chéng
  1. to inherit
  2. to succeed to (the throne etc)
  3. to carry on (a tradition etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

承受
chéng shòu
  1. 1 to bear
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to inherit
承担
chéng dān
  1. 1 to undertake
  2. 2 to assume (responsibility etc)
承认
chéng rèn
  1. 1 to admit
  2. 2 to concede
  3. 3 to recognize
  4. 4 recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)
  5. 5 to acknowledge
承诺
chéng nuò
  1. 1 to promise
  2. 2 to undertake to do something
  3. 3 commitment
传承
chuán chéng
  1. 1 to pass on (to future generations)
  2. 2 passed on (from former times)
  3. 3 a continued tradition
  4. 4 an inheritance

Idioms (6)

一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
应天承运
yìng tiān chéng yùn
  1. 1 lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven
  2. 2 the Divine Right of kings
承上起下
chéng shàng qǐ xià
  1. 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
承前启后
chéng qián qǐ hòu
  1. 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
绕膝承欢
rào xī chéng huān
  1. 1 to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们在讲”月亮的继承者”这部韩剧，你没追剧吗？
wǒmen zài jiǎng ”yuèliàng de jìchéngzhě ”zhè bù hánjù ，nǐ méi zhuī jù ma ？
We're talking about the Korean drama 'The Descendants of the Moon', do you keep up with dramas?
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若干年后齐宣王过世，他的儿子齐愍王继承了王位。这位齐愍王和他爹一样也喜欢听人吹奏竽，不同的是，他喜欢听独奏。有天，他颁布了道命令，要求隔天让那三百位乐师逐一吹竽给他听。乐师们听闻命令都相当开心，大家都想要在君王面前大展身手，只有那位滥竽充数的南郭先生觉得非常心虚，十分焦虑。心想：”这可是欺君之罪，要杀头的啊！我还不得赶紧溜之大吉？”于是连忙收拾行李，有多远逃多远了。
ruògān nián hòu QíXuānwáng guòshì ，tā de érzi QíMǐnwáng jìchéng le wángwèi 。zhèwèi QíMǐnwáng hé tā diē yīyàng yě xǐhuan tīng rén chuīzòu yú ，bùtóng de shì ，tā xǐhuan tīng dúzòu 。yǒu tiān ，tā bānbù le dào mìnglìng ，yāoqiú gétiān ràng nà sān bǎi wèi yuèshī zhúyī chuī yú gěi tā tīng 。yuèshī men tīngwén mìnglìng dōu xiāngdāng kāixīn ，dàjiā dōu xiǎngyào zài jūnwáng miànqián dàzhǎnshēnshǒu ，zhǐyǒu nà wèi lànyúchōngshù de Nánguō xiānsheng juéde fēicháng xīnxū ，shífēn jiāolǜ 。xīnxiǎng ：”zhè kěshì qījūnzhīzuì ，yào shātóu de a ！wǒ hái bùdé gǎnjǐn liūzhīdàjí ？”yúshì liánmáng shōushi xíngli ，yǒu duō yuǎn táo duō yuǎn le 。
Some years later, the King passed away and his son, the King Min, inherited the throne. The King was similar to his dad in that he also loved listening to the yu. The difference was that he preferred solo performances. One day, he enacted an order, asking the 300 musicians to play the yu for him one by one. The musicians were quite happy to hear this order since they all wanted to show their talent in front of the King. However, Nan Guo, who has been pretending to play the yu, felt very guilty and anxious about this order. He thought “This is a crime of deceiving the King, people are decapitated over this! I must escape right this moment!” So he urgently packed his luggage and fled as far as he could.
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老人家想抱孙子是很正常的，放心吧，我不是什么皇上，不是非得要一个儿子继承王位，也没有别的女人来跟你抢老公。
lǎorénjiā xiǎng bào sūnzi shì hěn zhèngcháng de ，fàngxīn ba ，wǒ bùshì shénme huángshàng ，bùshì fēiděi yào yī gè érzi jìchéng wángwèi ，yěméiyǒu biéde nǚrén lái gēn nǐ qiǎng lǎogōng 。
It's normal for older people to want to have a grandson to hold in their arms, relax! I'm not an Emperor, I'm not counting on a son to inherit my realm and there's no other women out to nab me from you.
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