承ㄔㄥˊchéng前ㄑㄧㄢˊqián啟ㄑㄧˇqǐ後ㄏㄡˋhòu

  1. 承繼前人的遺教，開啟後來的事業。如：「唯有胸懷承前啟後的精神，才能創造新的局面。」也作「承先啟後」。似承上啟下

英to follow the past and herald the future (idiom)​; part of a historical transition, forming a bridge between earlier and later stages