承上起下 [ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ; cheng2 shang4 qi3 xia4] to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition forming a bridge between earlier and later stages ◄ ►
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